Latricières-Chambertin – A Vineyard Profile
Ici commence Latricières-Chambertin! To the left, unploughed Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Aux Combottes and above the Combottes is Clos de la Roche. To the right, the ploughed Latricières-Chambertin of Camus, above it, bordered by trees is the unploughed Latricières of Arnoux-Lachaux. Grand Cru Surface (ha)1 2015 Prodn hl2 2016… Read More
Grands Maisons – Grands Crus – Edition 2018
Tasted in the Clos Frantin cuverie in Nuits St.Georges, 15 March 2018. This year heralded a new format for this ‘not to miss’ tasting. Previous years saw a blind tasting of ‘Maison’ wines in Clos de Vougeot – and no time for chatting or you wouldn’t have the time to… Read More
weekend wines – week 1 2018
2004 Louis Jadot, Beaune 1er Clos des Ursules I bought a six-pack on release – this was awful young – how about now? Deep colour. The nose is a little wild – but deep – a little peanut (old pyrazine) and a darker fruit. Honestly hard to like. Read More
entering 2018 with 4x 2002s…
How to both end 2017 and start 2018? I think I’ll ‘uncork’ some 2002s… 2002 Domaine des Varoilles, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos des Varoilles Deep, some impression of dark oak, herb and eventually a silky dark fruit. Ooh, this has a lovely impact in the mouth – super volume… Read More
pommard’s clos de la commaraine
The château, pictured this week. Laurent Gotti’s fine site (here, in French) this week broke the news on another, much lower profile, domaine/vines purchase in Burgundy – that of the Château de la Commaraine in Pommard, and it’s 3.75 hectare monopoly of the Clos de… Read More
weekend wines – week 39 2017
2002 Louis Jadot, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts Hmm – great aromatic volume here – obviously Vosne-spiced too. Supple concentration in the mouth, still a little tannic texture – good volume too – not pinched by any age or any tightness. Nicely finishing if now showing a more… Read More
only 56 years age difference…
I suppose that given the title, you might be forgiven for assuming that sub-title could be ‘A Las Vegas Wedding!’ Boringly, this is actually about wine, but certainly not about boring wines… 1959 Maison Roger Moreau, Gevrey-Chambertin “Clos Saint Jacques” I bought a few of these at an… Read More
mid-week, back in the saddle
Getting back into the swing of things: 2015 Louis Max, Rully Les Plantenays Well, there’s something of creme brulee nose here – attractive, yet I’m now anticipating plenty of oak. The palate retains a freshness and deliciousness, despite some padding – an oak augmentation to plenty of… Read More
Beaune 1er Clos de l’Ecu, Monopole – A Vineyard Profile
Foreground is the Clos de l’Ecu, below on the left is Cent Vignes, on the right is Bressandes… The monopoly of the Clos de l’Ecu was bought by Domaine Faiveley in 2003 from the heirs to what was left of Maison Jaboulet-Vercherre – the vines previously having been… Read More