No frost in Beaune again but definitely minus on the roads outside of town – I don’t know if that was the excuse of the upside-down car in Chorey-lès-Beaune – there’s not much of chicane there!

More patchy mist/fog this morning, not so much between Beaune and Vougeot, but thereafter plenty. By 10 a.m. the fading mist and the light made me go photo-mad – I took dozens – just a few here for you! Visits today in Morey, Chambolle, Nuits and Fixin – so a few pics along the way…
 

08h00 Chorey…

Morey St.Denis over Clos de Tart

Clos de Tart

Clos de Tart

Also Clos de Tart

MOrey St.Denis from above…

Chambolle-Musigny

Nuits St.Georges

Gevrey-Chambertin

It was as misty this morning as it was yesterday – but without the ice on my windscreen – 3°C. On the positive side, by about 1pm, the mist had largely given way to a nice blue sky – perfect for a little wander around Gevrey – mainly the Côte St.Jacques – before my 2pm appointment.

I noted that some really heavy work was underway in Poissenot/Estournelles St.Jacques – seemingly renovating/carving out tiers from the very top near the trees – there is quite some surface under construction with earth-movers here. The soil is thin and light here, it’s mainly limestone – such that a few generations ago it was though perfect to make white wine – of-course the appellation contrôlée didn’t like that, so it was mandated that the vines had to be ripped-out and replaced with pinot noir – the last of those plantings were pulled out towards the end of the 1960s…
 

Over Combe de Lavaut towards the (D31) road

Over Clos des Varoilles and Bossières into the Combe de Lavaux

From Clos des Varoilles into the Combe de Lavaux

From Varoilles towards Gevrey…

Lunch (a part)

Over Fonteny towards Gevrey and Brochon

Les Issarts – not yet finished…

(ex) Mazis-Chambertin

Clos des Ruchottes…

For the first time this winter, much scraping of the ice from my car windshield, before a quick visit to Savigny. Thereafter a couple of visits in Vosne-Romanée (the pics), before finishing my day in Aloxe…
 

Frost in La Romanée

Romanée-Conti

Romanée-Conti

Cellar of Comte Liger-Belair

New Comte Liger-Belair cuverie – needed to pull out 200 vines…

Vosne from Aux Champs Perdrix – below left Romanée-Conti after (half) ploughing

Vosne from Aux Champs Perdrix

Barrel maintenance – sulfur chips…

Clos Eugenie

Clos Eugenie

Corner of Clos Goillote

More visits to savour this week, mopping up the last few domaines that major in white – that report will appear in the next days – while starting in earnest to make my way into the Côte de Nuits…

From Tuesday to Friday – allover the place:
 

Clos des Grandes Vignes – Nuits

Clos des Grandes Vignes – Nuits

Chateau de La Tour – Vougeot

Chassagne

Meursault

Meursault 1er Aux Cras – Rouge!

Magnum filling in Marsannay

Aloxe…

Aloxe 1er Les Caillots

Aloxe 1er Les Caillots

Aloxe 1er Les Caillots

Horsetails in Corton Grèves

Bourgogne for replanting – Ladoix’s Notre Dame du Chemin

Notre Dame du Chemin – a bit draughty this room!

From Ermitage de Corton Hotel – towards Corton

From Ermitage de Corton Hotel – towards Savigny

Ladoix – 5pm…

Just a few views from this week – so far…
 

Chambolle

Nice

Nuits 1er Clos des Grands Vignes

Chambolle

Love a nice pruned tree (Chambolle)

Chambolle

Gevrey (of-course)

A Meursault street…

Really, so many of the visits in the last days were to savour – and these last days have been a blend of white and red (predominantly) domaines. I have 5 more ‘whites’ – the last – next week, but mainly I will be moving my focus to the Côte de Nuits for the rest of November – before December’s ‘Grands Maisons.’ My many thanks to those that hosted me…