Barraud, Nicolas Maillet & Jean-Marie Chaland – 2024 & 2023s
Famille Barraud All the Pouillys are with cork, all the rest with Nomacorc: 2024 Mâcon-Vergisson La Roche A fresh energy of light coloured citrus. Mouth-filling; this has wonderful scale blended with energy. The finish is intense and lasting – what a delicious, beautifully proportioned wine with some impression of dry… Read More
Nicolas Maillet – 2022
Tasted with Nicholas Maillet in Hurigny, 12 November 2023. Domaine Nicolas Maillet La Cure 71960 Verzé Tél : +33 3 85 33 46 76 www.vins-nicolas-maillet.com More reports for Domaine Nicolas Maillet. Nicolas: “2023? – who isn’t happy… Read More
Nicolas Maillet – 2019
Tasted with Nicholas Maillet in Hurigny, 08 November 2021. Domaine Nicolas Maillet La Cure 71960 Verzé Tél : +33 3 85 33 46 76 www.vins-nicolas-maillet.com More reports for Domaine Nicolas Maillet. Nicholas on 2020: “In 2021 we… Read More
Nicolas Maillet – 2018
Tasted with Aline Ries, 19 October 2020. Domaine Nicolas Maillet La Cure 71960 Verzé Tél : +33 3 85 33 46 76 www.vins-nicolas-maillet.com More reports for Domaine Nicolas Maillet. Aline on 2019 & 2018: “Half a harvest… Read More
2022 Burgundy – A Summary
29 March 2022: Pruning for poles – En Echalas – the new vogue… Just one summary? For central Burgundy – ie before I visit Chablis and Beaujolais – yes, just one. In the years that you’ve paid me to write these annual reports, this is the first… Read More
Profile: Domaine Thibert, Fuissé
A domaine that I hoped to visit before the ‘lockdown’ – so they kindly sent me these 6 bottles to test at home. Domaine Thibert Père et Fils 20 rue Adrien Arcelin 71960 Fuissé Tel: +33 3 85 27 02 66 www.domaine-thibert.com… Read More
Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2018 Mâconnais
It is always a pleasure to visit this group of producers for my usual ‘speed-dating’ tasting. I planned to visit in June, and then July, to taste 2017s – but in both cases, our mutual diaries came up short. Whilst that was a shame, it also opened up the opportunity… Read More
all the v’s – Verzé, Vivant & Vougeot – weekeend 36 2019
2014 Nicolas Maillet, Mâcon Verzé – the last of my 6-pack (I think!) all have been top but this was a little deeper coloured with a cork that removed just a little too easily. The last (large) glass went into making the risotto, but the rest of the… Read More
weekend wines and pics – week 28 2019
Hmm, not really ‘grand’ wines, but plenty of delicious wines! The first two from ‘the list’ in Beaune’s The Publican pub: Nicolas Maillet’s 2016 – was just a great wine, and cheaper on the wine-list than the Bourgogne Blanc of… Read More