Chandon de Briailles – 2019 (2)
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with François de Nicolay, 19 May 2021. Domaine Chandon de Briailles 1 Rue Soeur Goby 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 52 31 www.chandondebriailles.com More reports for Domaine Chandon de Briailles We discussed the 2021… Read More
Chandon de Briailles – 2019
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with François de Nicolay, 20 November 2020. Domaine Chandon de Briailles 1 Rue Soeur Goby 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 52 31 www.chandondebriailles.com More reports for Domaine Chandon de Briailles François on the 2020… Read More
Chandon de Briailles – 2017
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with François de Nicolay, 13 November 2018. Domaine Chandon de Briailles 1 Rue Soeur Goby 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 52 31 www.chandondebriailles.com François on the 2018 vintage: “A very nice harvest – and another special vintage which… Read More
Chandon de Briailles – 2016
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with François de Nicolay, 30 January 2018. Domaine Chandon de Briailles 1 Rue Soeur Goby 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 52 31 www.chandondebriailles.com François on the 2017 vintage: “2017 is the vintage that has saved us – we… Read More
Chandon de Briailles – 2014
Tasted in Savigny with François de Nicolay, 10th November 2015. Domaine Chandon de Briailles 1 Rue Soeur Goby 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 52 31 www.chandondebriailles.com François on the 2015 vintage: “2015 looks like a super vintage, but we could have… Read More
Chandon de Briailles – 2012
These 2012s were tasted at Chandon de Briailles in Savigny-lès-Beaune, 21 March, 2014. One interesting wine (right) was made from 100% pinot blanc – there are 9 rows in Ile des Vergelesses – made like a red with plenty of skin contact. I thought it quite nice aromatically and rather… Read More
2009 chandon de briailles volnay caillerets
2009 Chandon de Briailles, Volnay 1er Caillerets On first opening, this is a lithe, tight, linear and slightly glossy thing – supermodel proportions – though in a ‘look but don’t touch’ vernacular (typical for the genre!). Time in… Read More
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… Read More
Icons from Chandon de Briailles
Florence and François de Nicolay, and Claude de Nicolay-Drouhin – the next generation staying the background… A lovely opportunity on a Spring-like day in March 2012 to visit the team in Savigny-lès-Beaune, and at the same time to have a mini vertical of two iconic (to me anyway!)… Read More