Xavier Monnot – 2023
Tasted with Xavier in Meursault, 04 December 2024. Domaine Xavier Monnot 6 rue Docteur Rolland 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 29 32 Domaine’s Instagram More reports for Xavier Monnot Xavier on his recent vintages: “2024 was an honorable result for our whites, but I lost a third of… Read More
Xavier Monnot – 2021
Tasted without Xavier – who had to go to Paris – but in Meursault, 19 April 2023. Domaine Xavier Monnot 6 rue Docteur Rolland 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 29 32 More reports for Xavier Monnot Xavier on 2021: “In 2021 we ended up with less than half… Read More
Xavier Monnot – 2020
Tasted with Xavier Monnot in Meursault, 20 October 2021. Domaine Xavier Monnot 6 rue Docteur Rolland 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 29 32 More reports for Xavier Monnot Xavier on 2020 & 2021: “Wines will start to be filtered tomorrow… Read More
Xavier Monnot – 2019
Tasted with Xavier in Meursault, 15 March 2021. Domaine Xavier Monnot 6 rue Docteur Rolland 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 29 32 More reports for Xavier Monnot I’ve tasted some very good wines from Xavier in the last years so eventually… Read More
xavier monnot 2006 pommard les vignots
2006 Xavier Monnot, Pommard Les Vignots Medium-plus colour, still with purple highlights. The nose is reasonably forward but a bit burly and bulky with hints of cola, only after the bottle has been opened a couple of hours… Read More
pre-Christmas bottles part-2
You already met the M&C Lapierre, so time for the other two: 2010 Joseph Roty, Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire This case of 12 has almost completely expired – just one, or maybe two, of these remain hidden in the cellar. The cork extracts in one. Wow –… Read More
Maranges: ‘Village’ Profile
Maranges is a series of complexities or even contradictions: The appellation of Maranges was created in 1989 – before, this was regional wine and the largest part was sold in bulk. Maranges is a semi-circle of vines at the south of the Côte d’Or where the generally east-facing… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More
Cave Prestige 2018 – Les Blancs…
Apparently this is the 47th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. For this, the 2018 version, they began… Read More