2006 Chablis from Christian Moreau Pere et Fils

"Here is our first report after harvest 2006 that ended September 25th.We had a fast flowering period in the middle of June which lasted only 8days in most parcels and was the cause of some" coulure"and "millerandage".The end of June and the month of July was really hot and the vineyard suffered from such heat and the lack of water. But August was a rainy month and the vines recovered nicely from that period of dryness.The grapes analysis at the beginning of September showed that we could expect another early harvest. Our "sleepy" syndicate met only onSeptember15th to declare the"ban des vendanges" on that day. Many vine growers asked for derogation at the INAO. We finally started September 16th with our picking team for 9 days in the best possible weather. At the final stage of maturation, the natural alcohol level was between 11°9 and 13°2 for certain parcel, the acidity is way better than expected.In fact we have a well balanced juice which is so important for the life of a vine.At this moment October 8th we can already taste green fruit and see a good minerality. But time will tell what vintage we will have, one thing for sure it wont be bad !!! "

2006 Chablis from Domaine Bernard Defaix - A Very Succesful Harvest

"After a terrible month of August, the good weather and the sun came back in September preparing a very good vintage. Thanks notably to lower rainfall in Chablis than in the rest of Burgundy, the sanitary state of the crop was perfect and the maturity rather early.
In Rully, we have began harvesting on Monday 18th of September with a team about fifteen pickers.The hail falled at mid-August unfortunaltely caused some damages. So we have invested in a sorting table which was very usefull to keep only the best grapes. On the whites, we have eliminated about 20% of the volume. For the reds, we have reached 40%. This reason comes from the maceration: because of the prolonged contact between the juice and the solids of the grapes, the quality of the crop you put in the tank must be perfect.For Chablis, the harvest began on Wednesday 20th of September with a perfect sanitary state, very good potential alcohol content and acidities closed to the ones we have had last year. So, very logically, the vintage 2006 should be directly in line with the 2005!"

2006 Chablis from the Union des Grands Crus de Chablis

"Le débourrement s'est fait mi-avril, et il n'y a pas eu de gelées de printemps. La floraison était assez irrégulière et s'est déroulée du 9 au 17 juin. Les mois de juin et juillet était chauds et secs, suivi d'un mois d'août frais et pluvieux. Grâce à ce temps frais, l'état sanitaire du vignoble était excellent. Le beau temps est revenu début septembre, et le ban de vendanges était fixé au 16 septembre. le rendement de la récolte est moyen, voir faible, avec une acidité correcte et un degré naturel suffisant. Les premières dégustations annoncent des vins d'une grande pureté et une belle finesse aromatique. "

2006 Chablis from Romain Bouchard

"Les vendanges 2006 du Domaine Pascal Bouchard ont débuté le samedi 16 septembre et se sont achevées le mercredi 27 septembre. La qualité est au rendez-vous avec des degrés naturels (alcool potentiel) compris entre 12 et 13%. Les rendements sont modérés: 32 hl/ha de moyenne dans les Chablis Grands Crus, 50 hl/ha dans les Premiers Crus, 58 hl/ha dans les Chablis et Petit Chablis. L'état sanitaire des raisins était excellent et nous n'avons pas constaté de pourriture. Cette année encore, une équipe d'une trentaine de vendangeurs (voir photo) a récolté nos Chablis Grands Crus, Chablis Premiers Crus et les vignes du Domaine de la Grande Chaume (Romain Bouchard)."

More 2006 Chablis from Drouhin

"At Domaine Joseph Drouhin, picking was not as spread out in time: it took place in 15 days only as opposed to three weeks normally. At the Drouhin Domaine in Chablis, we started harvesting before the date of the ban (fixed for September 23rd) and, what’s even more unusual, before the whites of Côte d’Or! The grapes were excellent but beginning to get too concentrated in maturity. Hence the decision to pick right away in order to preserve and emphasize the fruit and freshness expected of Chablis."

"Whites:Quality is very good throughout, from Mâcon to Chablis. The balance between alcohol and acidity is satisfactory. Lurking in the background is a whole gamut of pretty aromas, slightly less intense than 2005. This shows good promise!"