I’m off the whites for a bit – after 34,35,37,28,26°C during the last working week, we are now dumped back into 15-17°C – something to warm my heart is required… 2005 Bertagna, Chambolle-Musigny Le Village Medium-plus colour. The… Read More

No point rushing into a Grand Cru when there are premiers in the way! Of-course Vougeot these days is largely dismissed as an early drinking wine, and that’s despite the presence of AOC premier cru labels. After a couple of concentrated Gevreys this won’t stand a chance, will it?… Read More

I’ve always had a ‘special’ love for Clos St.Denis, and a bottle such as this does nothing to assuage my predilection! It’s still surprisingly ‘wide open’ and ‘giving’, it’s really a beauty. 2005 Bertagna, Clos St.Denis Medium-plus cherry-red colour. Whilst not the deepest, the… Read More

2005 Bertagna, Vougeot 1er Clos des Perrières Deep cherry-red colour. The nose opens with fine, high-toned, red and black berry notes over a deeper, brooding core of fruit – eventually there’s a lovely pure redcurrant note in the emptying glass. In the mouth the… Read More

Everthing that last week’s Bertagna Bourgogne wasn’t – really super! 2005 Bertagna, Chambolle-Musigny Le Village Medium-plus cherry red. Impressive depth of dark, brulée-tinged fruit at the base, slowly becoming redder at the top. In the mouth you have silky texture, excellent acidity and… Read More

2005 Bertagna, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes  Medium, medium-plus cherry red. Frankly I don’t like the nose – it’s quite forward, but it’s mainly the bubble-gum notes of a less than satisfying Beaujolais. In the mouth the acidity is quite bright and the… Read More

Okay, okay – I know this a 1er Cru and costs much more than the village Barthod, but I needed to see some improvement to get me over the awful weekend weather. What we have here is a wine that Burgundy afficionados will swirl and cajoule, sniff and slurp… Read More