So, back from the Grands Jours de Bourgogne – a week+ of non-stop tasting opportunities – actually far too many to even ‘do’ 50% of what was available, Chablis to Maçon. I actually joined only for the last half, but still there are almost three hundred notes to write up, ignoring the many ‘social’ bottles that were tested without recourse to my notebook.
Just to give you a flavour for now…
Just a few dodgy pics from my phone from last weekend in Mürren.
PS Did I mention that I shook hands with the legend that is (Sir) Steve Redgrave on the finish-line at this race(?) Kudos for leaving the ‘Sir’ off his name on the race bib. He beat me by 40 seconds – over 16 minutes – bugger!
When I left home on Wednesday, very early on Wednesday, the forecast promised a backdrop of sun and blue sky for the rest of the week – it seems with the same ‘hit-rate’ as we enjoyed over the harvest. Mist, mist and mist – not forgetting the faint rain – hardly that photogenic.
On Friday it seemed more interesting to walk up into the woods above Corton than the vines. On some of the pics you might get a feel for the thicket of box-trees and oak, all covered in moss, only the wild boar pass through without problem, that-said the whole of the Bois du Corton is cris-crossed with pathways. The ground has many outcrops of flat limestone – that’s because the soil is so thin – but here are the lungs and circulatory system for the whole of the hillside…
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