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the first flowers of 2014…
Some of the first, anyway!
Once a week, the breakfast at Hotel Montrachet is my treat. Today, on the way back to Beaune, Clouseau-like, I poked around a few vineyards with my camera – today Puligny La Garenne and Meursault Les Perrières. In general the chardonnay of the Côte de Beaune seems a little in advance of the pinot noir, likewise, find a a nice big south-facing wall and those vines that nestle against it – facing south – are even further in advance. Here you will find an occasional vine that is already flowering. It’s an outrider If you like, but my first sight…
Just outside the south-facing wall of the Clos des Perrières:
A little more Meursault Perrières:
Clos des Perrièes is the walled vines…
A few pics from Puligny Garenne too:
frédéric magnien 2008 gevrey vv
Post-parties, something a little more modest to drink whilst typing:
2008 Frédéric Magnien, Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles-Vignes
The nose is rather tight. Quite full in the mouth, it’s muscled and shows good energy – good flavour too. Clearly a little rustic but tasty and quite fun to drink.
Rebuy – Maybe
on the subject of ‘normality’
The vines are settling into a more ‘normal’ rhythm too.
Following the warm March and April, it’s certainly been much cooler since then; consequently, the vines have slowed down their rate of growth – they are still a little ahead of the average, but not 3-4 weeks in advance of it like 1 month ago.
Burgundians (with holiday plans!) are now happier to be penciling-in mid-September as a more-likely harvest-time – versus late August only 1 month ago. Of-course it goes without saying that all are praying calm and dry conditions as soon as the flowers open…
A little tour, in and around Beaune today:
returning to ‘normality’
Sunday was a special day for many Burgundians with a (rather large) party to celebrate 35 years together for Becky and Russell Hone and their Le Serbet business. Maybe there have never been so many Burgundians and honorary Burgundians enjoying a day together like this. It was a little like a Paulée, but with more camaraderie, joviality and less competition. It was just friends.
I cannot lie, however, Ibuprofen was required on Monday morning after the ‘continuation’ of the celebration at the Bar du Square on Sunday evening!
Monday kicked-off well too, with visits to Grivot, Mugnier, Dr.Mugneret-Gibourg and Denis Bachelet. Today I’m trying to return to the keyboard as there have been so many distractions the last two weeks! Hopefully more of the same tomorrow, before attacking the Mâconnais on Thursday.
Oof!
just a perfect day…
What a day. It started a little like this: pic.twitter.com/Jc7vkNtDqT
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Had a little of this pic.twitter.com/DRFwPlluL7
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…and this, in the middle… pic.twitter.com/BjdqYTeoV6
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Finishing, pretty much like this: pic.twitter.com/kEGH9JDP0w
— 🅱️ill nanson (@billnanson) May 18, 2014
Except that the Bar du Square is still to follow!
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a few holdiay snaps
azaleas, rain and dodgy packaging…
Just a little cooler in Chablis today. Eventually, about 17h30 some rain forced its way through the leaden sky – but it wasn’t particularly hard or long, as the actress noted. Of-course it waited for me to go jogging about 21h30 before it started to rain again! Still with hardly any rain for the last month – just 3mm last weekend – Chablis will be hoping for something a little less negligible.
Quite a long day; the last tasting finished at 19h20. The first tomorrow is at 09h00 – so it’s almost time for me to retire for the day.
As for the pics that follow, some unfortunately named Chablis packaging for younger, cool dudes – the Hipster! – and a couple of pics from the Portlandian of Lignorelles…
