La Pirolette – 2021
Tasted in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 23 February 2023. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com More reports with Domaine de la Pirolette Grégory on 2022 & 2021: “There’s early sun and some wind here in Pirolette so 2021 was… Read More
La Pirolette – 2020
Tasted in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 17 February 2022. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com More reports with Domaine de la Pirolette Grégory on 2021: “In 21 the volume is not bad – we have 45 hl/ha on average,… Read More
La Pirolette – 2019
Tasted in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 23 February 2021 – his birthday. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com More reports for Domaine de la Pirolette “Market… Read More
La Pirolette – 2018
Visited in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 13 February 2020. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com More reports for Domaine de la Pirolette Grégory on 2019: “A… Read More
La Pirolette – 2017
Visited in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 14 February 2019. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com Grégory on 2018: “2018 a vintage that was practically perfect – though it was a… Read More
La Pirolette – 2016
Visited in St.Amour with Virginie Fournier (and her friend, right), 09 February 2018. Domaine de la Pirolette Le Bourg 71570 St.Amour Bellevue Tel: +33 6 75 06 22 73 domainedelapirolette.com Virginie on 2016 and 2017: “In 2016 we saw lots of rain… Read More
Profile: Domaine de la Pirolette (St.Amour)
Visited in St.Amour with Virginie Fournier and Grégory Barbet, 13 July 2017 This is something of a placeholder as I managed to get a tour of their ‘in-progress’ facility with a dinner too. So no real note-taking, particularly for wines as we were sat at the dinner table! But Lots… Read More
Château de La Terrière – 2021 & 2020
Tasted in St.Amour with Grégory Barbet, 23 February 2023. Château de la Terrière La Terrière 69220 Cercié Tel: +33 4 74 66 77 89 chateaudelaterriere.fr More reports for Domaine Château de La Terrière In every instance I’ve tasted a wine from here, I’ve been impressed – except when I’ve tasted… Read More
2018 Beaujolais: ‘This time the weather was with us!‘
2018 was a year with an early harvest and not much, but regular, rain after the 15th June – so the vines didn’t suffer from drought. It was ‘mainly’ too dry for the maladies in the summer, though. 2018 is the first vintage for a number of… Read More