Clos des Rocs – 2021
Tasted with Olivier Giroux in Hurigny, 04 November 2022 Domaine du Clos des Rocs Clos des Rocs 71000 Loché Tel: +33 3 85 32 97 53 www.closdesrocs.fr More reports with Clos des Rocs Olivier Giroux on 2022 & 2021: “2022 was a nicely balanced harvest, helped by some rain. We… Read More
Clos des Rocs – 2020
Tasted with Olivier Giroux in Hurigny, 08 November 2021 Domaine du Clos des Rocs Clos des Rocs 71000 Loché Tel: +33 3 85 32 97 53 www.closdesrocs.fr More reports with Clos des Rocs Olivier Giroux on 2020:… Read More
Clos des Rocs – 2019
Tasted with Olivier Giroux, 19 October 2020 Domaine du Clos des Rocs Clos des Rocs 71000 Loché Tel: +33 3 85 32 97 53 www.closdesrocs.fr More reports Clos des Rocs Olivier Giroux on 2019: “Somes of… Read More
2019 Mâconnais
We can look at the vintage from two main perspectives: Of course, there is the weather which defines the yields, but clearly, in the end, it will be the wines who speak. The weather – ‘A far from typical year‘ Multiple factors contributed to a very low volume harvest… 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
Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2016 Mâconnais
Vergisson, 24 July 2018… This tasting was a month or-so later than most years, but I still wasn’t going to pass up the chance to taste the creme de la creme of 2016’s Mâcons. Like the last couple of years, (practically) all the wines… Read More
Mâconnais 2016
Alphonse de Lamartine born in Mâcon in 1790, lived much of his life in Milly. Behind, the Saint-Laurent bridge in Mâcon. Practically speed-tasting, but first impressions count for something – no? The wines listed in the order of (blind) tasting: Jean-Luc et Paul Aegerter, Saint-Veran A good… Read More
Artisan Vignerons de Bourgogne du Sud – 2015 Mâcons
Tasted in the Mâconnais, 7 April 2017. My, now, traditional trip to taste a selection of wines from the Artisans Vignerons de Bourgogne du Sud – almost certainly the greatest ensemble of producers from the Mâconnais – this time looking at their 2015 vintage. Read More
Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2013 Mâconnais
Tasted 26th March with all the vignerons listed below, in Viré and Milly-Lamartine. Like last year, the core of my visits in the Mâcon remains the formidable collection of producers who operate under the banner of the Artisans-Vignerons. They should never be considered as the ‘average’ for… Read More