Château Pommard
Tasted in Pommard with Emmanuel Sala, April 2014. Château de Pommard 15, rue Marey Monge BP 30018 – 21630 POMMARD Tel + 33 3 80 22 12 59… Read More
GJB: Clos de Vougeot vertical…
A range of older Clos de Vougeot, tasted in the Château de Vougeot itself, 17 March, 2014. Poured, in shifts, by the winemakers themselves. No duds, but there really were a few quite exceptional bottles! If I could take only one, Confuron-Cotetidot’s was the wine for me… 2003 Anne… Read More
Louis Latour – 2012
Tasted in Beaune, 7 Jan, 2014 with Boris Champy, Bruno Pepin, and pictured, winemaker Jean-Charles Thomas. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com More reports for Maison Louis Latour Of course,… Read More
Profile: Maison Henri de Villamont (Savigny)
Maison Henri de Villamont are headquartered in an impressive, rather individual looking building just outside the centre of Savigny-lès-Beaune. The potential numbers of bottles associated with this producer can numb the mind: Their (Swiss) parent company, who are ‘big’ in supplying European supermarkets, have a hand in about 400… Read More
Nuits Saint Georges: Village Profile
Despite having no Grand Crus to call its own, Nuits appended the name of its most important vineyard, Les St.Georges, on the 10th May 1892 to become Nuits-Saint-Georges – before that it was described as Nuits-sous-Beaune. When the railway came in 1849 the station here was… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted ‘en-place’
150 wines for you. d’Ardhuy (Corgoloin) Albert Bichot (Beaune) JC Boisset (Nuits) Simon Bize (Savigny) Camille-Giroud (Beaune) Champy (Beaune) Louis Chenu (Savigny) Dublère (Savigny) Rebourgeon-Mure (Pom.) Seguin-Manuel (Beaune) The format of the majority of 2011 notes that follow,… Read More
Syndicat de Gevrey-Chambertin: Roi Chambertin 2010
We gathered in the Hotel de Poste in Beaune on Friday 18th November to taste through samples of the 2010s offered by the Syndicat members. Certainly the list of producers was far from complete, but an excellent selection of 83 wines from 32 producers was spread across three tables for… Read More
Santenay: Village Profile
There are two ways to Santenay – at least if you come from the north, and I expect that the majority of you will… The most well-trodden route of wine tourists is likely to be the road through the vines from Chassagne-Montrachet; as you travel southwards the vines rising on… Read More
Profile: Domaine des Comtes Lafon (Meursault)
The relatively understated roads that leave the centre of Meursault are dotted with a mix of small and rather grander buildings. The Domaine des Comtes Lafon is far from one of the largest, but is still reeks of different time; it’s outbuilding previously being kennels for hunting dogs and stables… Read More