a short jog around gevrey/morey before dinner – and more…

By billn on March 19, 2014 #travel#travel pics#travels in burgundy 2014

Time seems of the essence this week; more tastings than makes sense if you get entrance to them all, but the BIVB have been careful to spread people out. Still, you might not have thought so with the throng of people at the Vosne-Romanée tasting yesterday morning! In the end, it’s hardly possible to taste all the wines from all the exhibitors, it makes more sense to taste ‘all x in the room’ and go for this surgical-strike option.

Of-course a full-packed program means disappointments too. Arriving for the Morey-Chambolle tasting at 15h30 I found close to half of the exhibitors had already left – it was scheduled from 09h00-17h00. Oh-well. I didn’t taste, I just went to my hotel in Gevrey and a little jog before dinner.

First some jogging pics from my phone; hopefully you can make out the vines ‘crying’ (the sap rising and forming drops) on the picture taken in Clos St.Denis…

And more pictures taken during the day :

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a few notes from today…

By billn on March 17, 2014 #travel#travel pics#travels in burgundy 2014

Of-course it’s Grands Jours de Bourgogne week, and you know that there was a bit of early jogging – but it was worth it, despite the freezing hands 😉

Tastings in Chablis today, and the it’s an impressive undertaking to get so many producers and tasters together, so much so that it can be rather difficult to get near many producers’ wines – I expect it will be no easier for Chambolle and Vosne, tomorrow, either! Anyway, I set myself the simple target of making notes on 50 1ers from 2012 and 15 Grand Crus from 12, the latter selected by the Union des Grands Crus – no easy task as it turned out. Still, by tasting GCs when many people were eating lunch, life proved easier – less elbowing required!

Back to Beaune for a tasting this evening – and it was such a let-down that I gave up! I have 15 notes, but I won’t be bothering to publish them. The problem wasn’t the wines, rather the small, thick glasses that were provided. Nothing smelled of anything – so what’s the point(?) Such a shame, a nice selection of bottles and wonderful surroundings. Oh-well!

I returned to type for a couple of hours, then another jog, check emails, do this, shower and …. BED!

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first rays of sun on 1er cru mont de milieu…

By billn on March 17, 2014 #travel#travel pics#travels in burgundy 2014

Awake at 6:30am, so I decided to go out for a run. Virtually 7:00am, on the nail, the first rays of sun penetrated the frosty morning:

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camille giroud 2010 chassagne vergers

By billn on March 15, 2014 #degustation

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Oof! This was ‘flippin’ singing! The preface to a quartet of 11s from C.Giroud from my annual purchases – all first-time out. This pretty-much stole the show…

2010 Camille Giroud, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Les Vergers
Medium golden colour. Both nose and palate are direct and mineral – zinging intensity on the palate, and certainly not the limited padding that I remember from (about) 12 months ago. Direct, mineral and full of loveliness. No padding, but none needed!
Rebuy – Yes

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The first Burgundy-Report Extra! (by subscription)

By billn on March 12, 2014 #br extra!

The next days will see some technical improvements to what you see (I think!) and the updating of the Homepage to reflect this new dimension to Burgundy Report.

But the basic implementation seems to work – unless you tell me otherwise…(?)

So here is the first report, which contains the link to become a subscriber. I hope you enjoy it – 300 wines from 2012 from some important producers, together with their comments on the quality and pricing of the vintage.

Issue two (February) will follow in two weeks and the first articles for March, two weeks later.

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wine faults seminar (ladybirds, ladybugs…?)

By billn on March 08, 2014 #diary dates#ladypyrazines

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If anyone is interested to join-in this, drop me a line asap – and I’ll pass it on – there are only 3 bottles of each wine (there are a number of wines) so I’m guessing it might be limited to ~50(?)

Dear wine enthusiast

The Circle of Wine Writers’ committee has been in recent contact with Bill Nanson * regarding holding a seminar on wine faults. To quote a fellow Circle member, Clive Coates MW, Bill “is a gifted and experienced amateur… He is more than just a moderate or immoderate imbiber of good bottles. He knows his stuff.” However before we proceed with this seminar we would like to gauge interest as to whether this is feasible. The details are as below and we would be grateful if you could let us know:

a: if you would like to attend this and can make the 15th May

or

b: if you are keen to attend such a seminar but the 15th May is not convenient.

Pyrazine in the Burgundy: could it really be the ladybirds?

Bill Nanson has had derision and support from winemakers in almost equal measure for his theory about the ailment that affects 2004 and 2011 red Burgundies, and the basis of this will be explored and no-doubt extensively challenged during this discussion. But it seems that a minority of people can taste and smell this aspect of those vintages – or is that simply because they haven’t been properly introduced to it(?) During this discussion we may find out, with four examples from very well-known and admired producers, some false positives, and some fun exhibits that may or may not support Nanson’s contention…

Date: Thursday 15 May

Timing: 1.30-3.30 pm

Venue: WSET, Bermondsey St, London, SE1

Tickets: £35 non-CWW members

We would be grateful if you could let us know as soon as possible, or by Monday 10 March, if you would be keen to come along to this thought provoking seminar (on the 15th May or another date)

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2010 gevrey goulots from dominique gallois

By billn on March 06, 2014 #degustation

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I drank this over two nights, with the wine standing in the fridge overnight. Very stable – no obvious difference. It was just as nice on day 2!

2010 Dominique Gallois, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Les Goulots
Medium-plus colour. Not super effusive, but the aromas have both width and depth, showing a glass dark-red, almost brambly fruit. In the mouth this is quite full, but perfectly cut with acidity. Faint, velvet tannin and a mouth-watering dark fruit, but whose last characteristic is of raspberry. Bright, focused and intense. Really enjoyable.
Rebuy – Yes

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