Domaine Ponsot is the first high-profile producer to adopt eProvenance’s
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a case of wine.
The sensor monitors the temperature and humidity of fine wines as they
travel from the wine producer to the customer, and the information can be
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Well, given the price of some producers’ wines, they can afford a physical presence too!
6-Pack prices in Swiss Francs, delivered to my cellar.
You know, I finally realised it was time to get my credit card dirty. The Jadot Chardonnay from yesterday apart (and I suppose a couple of bottles of Kiwi when I was over there in February), I haven’t bought any wine this year – none! Of-course there will be ‘standing-order’ cases to pick-up and pay for from the usually suspects in Burgundy, but this is my first in 2013.
Despite all the hullabaloo, 2012 (as you can see) is not particularly more expensive than previous vintages – unless you only want Griotte or Cros Parantoux etcetera, in which case you will most certainly be fleeced…
Just a few things to have caught my eye:
Enjoy…
Yet again, an 'authenticity problem' with wines being sold @ChristiesInc this time at the Henry Tang auction: http://t.co/h2BvNJ1JO0
— đ ±ïžill nanson (@billnanson) March 15, 2013
The alert:
Tribute to a wine hero: David Clark of Morey St Denis is handing in his secateurs http://t.co/ub9L56oImp
— Jasper Morris (@justjasper) March 6, 2013
The confirmation:
And the low-down from David himself here. I’m having lunch with him in less than 2 weeks, but am not planning to buy his domaine đ
A couple of news stories:
Most important for Burgundy, is the news that it won’t achieve its desired aim to have Unesco World Heritage Staus – not this year anyway. It seems some of the rules were changed and a country could only submit one ‘entry’ per category – that meant that Champagne also missed out. This means that at least one more year of shaking everybody’s hands is required, though France already has 37 ‘things’ with such ‘status’. (More here…)
Will Lyons picks out some of his favourite domaines from the 2011 vintage – though (Remi Rollin excepted) none in the CĂŽte de Beaune – no restraint in his recommendation of the vintage.
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2011 – Puligny-Montrachet (En Primeur)
Bourgogne 2011 75cl 34.00 Swiss Francs
Puligny-Montrachet 2011 75cl 59.00
PREMIERS CRUS
Puligny-Montrachet Les Clavoillons 2011 75cl 79.50
Meursault Sous Le Dos d’Ăne 2011 75cl 89.50
Puligny-Montrachet Les FolatiĂšres 2011 75cl 129.00
Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes 2011 75cl 138.00
Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 2011 75cl 158.00
Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 2011 150cl 321.00
GRANDS CRUS
Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2011 75cl 259.00
Batard Montrachet 2011 75cl 279.00
Chevalier-Montrachet 2011 75cl 348.00
Other than a couple of Francs more for the Combettes and the Pucelles, the prices are the same as were offered for the 2010s, and (Grand Crus excepted which took a jump in 2010) virtually the same as 2009…
Picture from the organisers.
The official statement from the organisers.
For what it is worth, I think the prices underline the expected quality of what was harvested, but more-so the quantity that was actually harvested, given that 2012’s lowest yields were seen in the CĂŽte de Beaune. Whilst I personally felt Anthony Hanson’s pre-sale hyperbole about 2005 levels of quality too much, here is his post-sale assessment:
“Many records were broken at the 152nd Hospices de Beaune auction. Star cuvĂ©es among the red wines included (with average price per barrel and percentage increase compared with 2011): Clos de la Roche, CuvĂ©e Georges Kritter âŹ55,667 (without premium +94.2%) and Mazis-Chambertin, CuvĂ©e Madeleine Collignon at âŹ38,318 (without premium +57.7%). Thanks to a recent generous donation, a new grand cru from the CĂŽte de Nuits was offered for the first time. This was EchĂ©zeaux, CuvĂ©e Jean-Luc Bissey, and all six barrels sold for a magnificent âŹ50,000 (hammer price) per barrel, raising âŹ300,000 for the Hospices. The superb quality of the 2012 vintage wines, combined with the reduced quantity and the progression of demand for great burgundy in many countries, not just Asia, contributed to this astonishing, record result.”
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