Ah the weather !!
Just to add a little to this year’s precipitation figures, the snow arrived in Burgundy on Thursday. One of the first frosty mornings gave way to snowflakes starting to fall around 10h30 and quickly filling the rows between the vines – of course, it’s picturesque!
Only by chance did I consult Google on Friday – before leaving for home – and what luck that I did !! Here I found that my normal route home was closed, adding 7 hours additional journey time if I hadn’t been forewarned. So my Plan B route took me over the Jura – not quickly – as you can see above but the roads were always open and flowing. This added only 20 minutes to my usual journey time – what a lucky boy!
I left home on Sunday evening with 2°C, returning to 15°C at 8pm in Beaune – and all the snow was long gone – unlike at home. But the weekend had fortified me with:
2021 Château Thivin, Cote de Brouilly La Chapelle
Not my best buying choice – a wine still riddled with pyrazine aromas and flavours – but seemingly the least pyrazined of their range in this vintage. It’s not improved over the time in my cellar…
Rebuy – No
2018 Laurent Tribut, Chablis 1er Montmains
Well, there’s no doubting that this is from Chablis – incisive and mineral – nicely textured too. There a depth of riper, almost honied, flavour which has developed and this isn’t my favourite flavour profile – but a wine I can still drink with plenty of pleasure.
Rebuy – No
2005 AF Gros, Vosne-Romanée Clos de la Fontaine
Still deeply coloured and darkly aromatic – it’s still retaining some smokiness from the oak of it’s youth. Part the wine and part the elevage (probably) there’s plenty of spice in both the aromas and flavours. A wine of scale and still a baby – but now it’s an open one. Nearly 20 years old and probably not at its best for at least another 4 or 5 years – but a wine you can probably depend on for another 20 years…
Rebuy – Yes
