
Vignerons had to battle excessive heat and a very early harvest in the wild 2003 vintage, and some of them weren't up to the task. Michel Chapoutier was, though, and his years of hard work in the vineyards paid off handsomely as his meticulously groomed old vines produced some of the vintage's most prodigious wines.
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