As you can see, today was quite busy:
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Travels in Burgundy 2015
patchworks, repeats and aubert…
The 18-20°C of the last days has disappeared under the clouds and the spitting rain today – about 5°C for the record. But the vineyards still have that great patchwork impression as the different domaines plough – or not, and prune – or not, at their own pace.
The lunchtime menu du jour contained andouillettes today – as part of my total immersion, I take them without hesitation – the last couple of mouthfuls even tasted pretty good (it seemed) – but boy did those flavours repeat and cause reflux 5 hours later during a modest jog – sacre-bleu!
Finally, a link that you really should make some time for: Aubert de Villaine in conversation – definitely worth 1 hour of your time! https://t.co/Fj18Nh9F2C
late afternoon views from above beaune…
Visually the weather has been the same all week – but today I was in a shirt and shorts – and that was before jogging up to the ‘mountain’ of Beaune!
20°C today – lovely – and just a little cherry-blossom too. I love the delineation of the vineyards right now – you can make out almost every one of different producers’ plots in Beaune Grèves…
a little clos de vougeot action from today…
Today was the ‘Trilogy’ tasting for the villages of Morey, Chambolle and Vosne – in the Château de Clos de Vougeot – and in beautiful spring weather too.
To be honest, you have no chance to taste everything – well I haven’t and be semi-cogent anyway.
So today I chose to visit every wine (in the room!) from Chambolle in 2013 – no mean feat – there was about 70 of them dotted around the scrums of tasters. I started on the dot at 10h00, took a couple of breathers – actually coolers as the room was getting warm – a 45 minute lunch, and still finished only at 16h00. Actually, my last wine was only a half Chambolle-Musigny -?- okay, just the word Chambolle was missing from the label 😉
a little nsg action from yesterday…
spring?
friday…
A little typing, a little tasting but mainly email today, though clearly the weather has shaken-off the flurry of hail from the other night – there’s still a chilly wind, but wall-to-wall blue sky in the Côte d’Or…
Also there’s a dinner on Saturday and I only have young wines with me in Beaune – but this pair don’t look too bad I think 😉
