My 2023 Vintage

A belated report on my third vintage of wines from abandoned vineyards in the Languedoc. (And another wine from an abandoned vineyard in the Loiret.)

2023 “Fond Oulette,” from an abandoned parcel of grenache blanc on marine clays near Béziers.

For much of France, 2023 was an abundant vintage that has often yielded precocious, ready-to-drink wines. With one or two exceptions, my own wines from abandoned vineyards in the Languedoc (and the Loiret) have adhered to this profile. This came as a relief aft…