Boyer-Martenot – 2020
Tasted in Meursault with Vincent Boyer, 08 June 2022. Domaine Boyer-Martenot 17, place de l’Europe 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 26 25 www.boyer-martenot.com More reports with Domaine Boyer-Martenot Vincent on 2021: “80% losses. I don’t know what we will put in the shops.” Vincent on 2020: “I’m just… Read More
this week’s wines, including ‘Who is the new Domaine René Engel?’
Dinner with friends in Pommard and some lovely, eclectic, wines. The first bottle was a lovely 2011 Comtes Champagne – with some lovely menthol aromatic complexity. Then came the: 2012 Fontaine-Gagnard, Le Montrachet Deeper colour and the first nose was more monolithic – some sulfur-reduction hardening things… Read More
Billaud-Simon – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Olivier Bailly, 07 April 2022. Domaine Billaud-Simon 1 quai de Reugny 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 10 33 www.billaud-simon.com More reports with Domaine Billaud-Simon Olivier on the frost of 2022: “Nothing was definitively pruned, so in many places, at this stage, I think zero… Read More
Laroche – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Stéphane Barras, 08 April 2022. Domaine Laroche L’Obédiencerie 22 rue Louis Bro 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 89 00 www.larochewines.com More reports with Domaine Laroche Stéphane on 2020: “We were harvesting 25-August to 08-September but with one weekend off around the 31st! There was… Read More
Richard Rottiers – 2020
Tasted in Romanèche-Thorins with Richard Rottiers, 15 March 2022. Domaine Richard Rottiers La Sambinerie 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 6 63 38 16 35 www.domainerichardrottiers.com More reports with Domaine Richard Rottiers In Thorins they have replanted a part of the very old vines but Richard still loves this place. He’s replacing… Read More
Digioia-Royer – 2020
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Michel Digioia, 29 March, 2022. Domaine Digioia-Royer Rue du Carré 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel:+33 3 80 61 49 58 More reports with Domaine Digioia-Royer Michel on 2021: “2021 wasn’t the worst result for volume that I’ve had here – that was the minus-60% that we did in… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2020
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde & Arnaud Davenne, 06 January 2022. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on 2020:… Read More
Jean-Marc Brocard – 2020
Tasted with Julien Brocard, Pierre Brissy and Guillaume Hoog in Préhy, 06 January 2022. Jean-Marc Brocard 3, route de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 49 00 www.brocard.fr More reports with Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard Guillaume… Read More
Servin – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Mark Cameron and François Servin (pictured), 07 January 2022. Domaine Servin 20 Avenue d’Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 90 00 More reports with Domaine Servin Mark on 2021: “It’s about 1/3rd of a normal… Read More