Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley – 2018
Tasted in Volnay with Thomas Bouley, 13 November 2019. Domaine Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley 10 Chemin de la Cave 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 62 33 www.jean-marc-bouley.com/ Thomas on 2018: “The cellar was full! It’s a good vintage. The… Read More
Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley – 2017
Tasted in Volnay with Thomas Bouley, 12 November 2018. Domaine Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley 10 Chemin de la Cave 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 62 33 www.jean-marc-bouley.com/ Thomas on 2018: “The cellar looks full! It’s a good vintage. The soil had… Read More
Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley – 2014
Tasted in Volnay with Thomas Bouley, 08 February 2016. Domaine Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley 10 Chemin de la Cave 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 62 33 www.jean-marc-bouley.com/ The domaine, and access to this part of Volnay, has been dominated for… Read More
Jean-Marc et Thomas Bouley – 2012 (& 2011)
Tasted in Volnay with Thomas Bouley, April 2014. I hadn’t visited Thomas for a couple of vintages (since I was locked out my hire-car outside his cuverie!) so it was nice to catch-up. We started with a wander in the vines – of-course in the Clos de la Cave vineyard,… Read More
lambrays or pommard? I’ll take bouley’s pommard ;-)
A nice lineup this weekend: 1979 André Nudant, Corton-Charlemagne Hmm – this is really not so dark a colour – I see more in some 2012s! Medium, medium-plus golden. The nose is wide, faintly sweet, citrussy pineapple, waxy, deep, lanolin and cream – very fine. Fresh, saline, modestly… Read More
jean-marc bouley 2010 volnay clos de la cave
Hmm, I realise that I haven’t opened a bottle for a bit. Mid-week crisis! Oh-well, there’s one way to dispose of that notion – how about something from Thomas Bouley? 2010 Jean-Marc Bouley, Volnay Clos de la Cave… Read More
jean-marc bouley 2010 volnay vv
The Poulleau from a couple of days ago was really good, but how good? Let’s contrast it to the wine of Thomas Bouley… 2010 Jean-Marc, Volnay Vieilles Vignes Deeper colour than the Poulleau. The nose is a little… Read More
Chablis week 2, trace-heating and other news:
Chablis – (near) Lignorelles It’s much colder in Chablis this week – and it’s supposed to be sunny too – but I’ve not seen much of that yet – maybe this afternoon! Anyway, this week I got here without recourse to any new car-parts – that will… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More