I’ve still another 35 reports to write, but given the number of emails I’ve already received from subscribers – ‘what can you tell me about this, what can you tell me about that?‘ Here’s the first tranche of producers from the Côte de Nuits.
It will certainly be another week before all are online 🙂
The December Report: Côte de Nuits producers
Enjoy !!
Part 3 – 2022 Reds (part 1) HERE !!
This issue with my vintage summary – 2022 whites and reds together
This is the third of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 30 mainly red wine domaines from the Côte de Beaune and a few from the Chalonnaise.
That’s 96(!) domaines published since the harvest not forgetting another 20 domaines 2022s tasted before the harvest. Another 60-or-so domaines from the Côte de Nuits will be published in 7-10 days. So that’s 170 domaines’ 2022s tasted before I start the tour of 100 domaines in Chablis next week 🙂
… and the ones that got away!
There’s no other time like December/January for the Burgundy Report – so little (apparently) happening but so much typing 🙂
I’ve so far uploaded the first two reports for the 2022 vintage – the whites of the Côte de Beaune and the Mâconnais – and I’m well on my way with the Côte de Beaune reds (online Monday or Tuesday) with the Côte de Nuits to follow maybe 1 week later. 66 new reports are already online with 80-90 more on their way.
I’ve not included any vintage summary – yet – it will appear in the next report. For a special reason this year, I will combine the whites and reds into a single summary – all will be clear when you read it !!
And the ones that got away?
Well, that would be practically all my planned Christmas and New Year bottles. Every year, just before Christmas we spend some days in Nice – me typing in the mornings and in the afternoon we promenade! This year the weather was lovely – sunny and 14-16°C. For our return trip we decided to spend 2-3 days in Beaune – but already the first evening my better half wasn’t feeling well. The next day she was worse, so we headed directly to Bern. She had a strong flu (twice negative for corona) – and guess what? Three days later, me too – despite both of us having taken flu jabs.
My better half is just about well now, I still have a dumb cough so haven’t jogged for 12 days already. We have managed to finish a bottle of cremant over the last 3 days – which is a clear improvement! – but couldn’t finish the couple of bottles of Beaujolais that I opened over the last 10 days. But one was a useful exercise; I caught my first (known!) dose of corona in September and whilst I quickly regained my tasting faculties, I wasn’t sure that I could smell and taste the pyrazines as effectively as before. With the Lapierre 2021 I know that the sensations of the pyrazines is well and truly back 🙂 Oh well – the rest of the wines should last another year 😉
Health and happiness to you all in 2024 !!
Part 2 – the last day of the year! HERE !!
This is the second of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 29 mainly white wine domaines from the Mâconnais – with a few gamays included for good measure. In 7 or 8 days will come the first (of two) red issues and this will include my vintage summary.
66 Domaines published, another 90-or-so are on their way 🙂
Wishing you all the best for your year-end celebrations !!
Online before my Christmas lunch! HERE !!
It’s the first of my series focusing on the 2022 vintage and it contains 37 mainly white wine domaines from the Côte d’Or. I’ll follow that – before the end of 2023 with the whites of the Mâconnais – another 30-or-so domaines – and in this ‘October’ report I’ll also include an overview of the vintage.
The reds will follow, starting with the Côte de Beaune and following on with the Côte de Nuits – hopefully, all online by the 15th of January – because that’s when I’ll be starting my tour of Chablis 2022!
Wishing you all the best for your year-end celebrations !!
See here – with lots of new names visited.
The next big report will be that of 2022 White burgundy – hopefully online before the end of the month.
Wishing you all well!!
Yes, I’m catching up on my backlog of reports – something that’s really needed with about 75 visits now needing my attention – and then your reading 🙂
My focus on this one was still the 2021 vintage – but nearly half of the domaines wanted to show 2022s – as they had no more 2021s.
Shit happens when there’s been frost!
Enjoy!
Just a heads-up that another 20 domaines have been uploaded to the report section.
It’s a mix of people that I couldn’t fit in at the end of last year, plus others that prefer to show their wines a little later – or in some cases earlier too 🙂
Given the low volume of the 2021 vintage it’s no surprise that one or two domaines were only offering 2022s to taste – so that’s a vintage change about 1-2 months earlier than in most years – but it’s not a surprise!
It’s taken a while – but now I’ve only 40 more domaines to write up before the start of the harvest 🙂
The new report is online here.
I hope you enjoy it – and also here’s to all your weekends – it’s going to be a hot one where I live!
Cheers!!!
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