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jj confuron 2009 nuits les fleurières
More traction for DIAM – here with the version 5 – it’s not just whites that are moving in this direction. 2009 JJ Confuron, Nuits St.Georges Les Fleurières Medium-plus colour, some purple hues. The nose has quite some ripe depth, perhaps going lower with a hint of toastiness – it takes a while, but eventually it’s namesake makes an appearance, violet flowers… Cool and intense – that’s a great start. The tannin is slightly blocky but not really grainy. Mouth-watering flavour grows in the mid-palate before falling away. There’s a hint of 2009 on the nose but this is lithe, clean and not a bit sweet and fat like some from the vintage – it’s a bit of a ‘refresher’ of a wine. Enjoyed. Rebuy [....]
2009 chandon de briailles pernand les vergelesses
2009 Chandon de Briailles, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Les Vergelesses Medium-plus colour. The nose just bursts with sweet raspberry concentrate – hard to see much more. In the mouth the ripe fruit is tamed a little by good acidity and an understated velvet undertow of ripe tannin – lovely fruit conserve flavour in the mid-palate with a darker, almost licorice, twist as it runs into the textured finish – I would say that this is a rather concentrated wine. Day two and there’s a little of the stems on the nose, aromatically it’s a little less interesting but the palate seems rather stable and easily holds my interest – perhaps with a slight elevation of the tannins too. Rebuy – Yes And from ‘other sites’, Matt Kramer [....]
clos des cortons faiveley 1990…
1990 Faiveley, Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley Medium-plus colour – not exactly a spring chicken but doesn’t look its 20 years old either. Some forest floor notes, impressive depth too, some of the notes hinting at old wood. There’s still an undercurrent of chewy tannin, and very good acidity – all the wine’s texture coming from the tannin. You have the impression the flavour will be only medium length, before a powerful reprise of old vanilla and other barrel notes erupts from the depth – becomes exceptionally long, even showing a little dark red fruit. Impressive, indeed compelling stuff, though arguably not that friendly, I might even say young – a wine for the next 30 years… Rebuy – Yes Plus: Benjamin Wallace’s dramatisation of [....]
summer in beaune – part last…
A Beaune promenade before lunch on Sunday. Whatever it looks like, there was a chilly north wind…
summer in beaune – part three – lunch!
Wanted to go here for ages – 3 lovely hours for Saturday lunch!
summer in beaune
Well, 30°C in Beaune today – lucky we have white wine! 8:00pm and it seems that Place Carnot is closed, fortunately Bar du Square is very open
Coppa, Pancetta and Figatelle
Three little Corsican pigs…
a few of pascal marchand’s 2010s
Tasted Monday evening with Pascal and courtesy of www.realwines.ch (a really eclectic range of wines). The majority of these wines have been assembled in tank for the last two or three weeks, awaiting their turn for bottling – the exceptions are noted. The two whites were bottled two weeks ago. Pascal certainly has his own signature on the reds; fine bone china structure and plenty of oak-derived flavours padding out the palates. The oak can be a bit distracting but it certainly doesn’t leave a bad taste in the mouth – and of-course it will fade. I have to say – Bravo! 2009 Pascal Marchand, Bourgogne Pinot Noir ‘Avalon’ Obviously bottled for some time! The nose seems rather mineral but with a clear waft of [....]
Domaine Maume (RIP), Pascal Marchand and a few 2010s…
I was lucky enough to catch up with Pascal Marchand yesterday in quite sunny Zürich, mainly presenting his 2010s – it was a good chance to learn more about his new rôle with the former Domaine Maume. We knew already last year that the family Maume wanted to extract the equity in the domaine which had been run so well by Bertrand Maume – sad for him, for sure – it was a source of wines with a lot of personality, but who would come next? There was plenty of speculation, there always is, but it seemed to centre around various large négoce, so it was a bit of surprise when we learned a few weeks back that it was the backer of Pascal Marchand’s [....]
“Feet Buried in the Sand”
Another lovely piece of writing from Keith Feet Buried in the Sand
waiter’s friend or wine thief?
A Frenchman and some arrogance does not turn an off licence into a wine merchant. What a naughty boy – but, at the moment, some of the best writing around…
