2015 Chambolle-Musigny
A chance to make a nice roundup of 2015 Chambolle-Musignys – nearly 50 wines, not blind – poured by their producers in the Clos de Vougeot – 27 March 2017. Presented here in producer alphabetical order, rather than as tasted… A lot of great wines here, though proportionally… Read More
2015 Aligoté…
A quick 30 aligotés from 2015 for you. 2015 certainly offers good ripeness but rarely a flabby experience. The vast majority of these wines are available ex-domaine for less than €10 – some significantly so – of-course your (pricing) mileage may vary when buying locally. The wines… 2015… Read More
2015 Givry…
There are some very tasty wines here, and some that need more patience – I would have hoped for a slightly better result given the vintage, but, still, some very good wines here. First the villages, and generally they are certainly more attractive today than the 1er cru counterparts:… Read More
weekend wines, week 11 2017
2012 Le Grappin, Beaune 1er Les Grèves Blanc The problem with having the same label for all the wines is the following: Hmm – this is a deep and impressive nose – not the high-toned freshness that I remember. In the mouth too – big, opulent, layered and… Read More
enforcing the status quo?
Interesting. I would say that here it is the ‘revitalising the region‘ comment that is up for interpretation – at least if we look at at past actions. Louis Latour, and I have to say Drouhin too, seem to approach the Beaujolais region purely as a source of ‘entry… Read More
Weekend 31 – some wines…
2008 Sylvain Pataille, Bourgogne Le Chapitre Medium plus colour. What a lovely nose – almost a coal-style mineral impression, and a fine red fruit edged with reduction. Fresh, mouth-filling, growing in intensity – really growing! This has a lovely texture and lots of flavour complexity. It’s really a… Read More
Bourgogne Rosés for summer 2016 – Pinot vs Gamay
There were two tastings in 3 days – 06+08 June 2016 – the first in Beaune and the second in Villefranche (Beaujolais). Who would come out on top – northern Burgundy or southern Burgndy? I looked at the current commercial vintage, which of-course largely means 2015 – though there are… Read More
Some Clos de Vougeot (2006 – 1985)
Tasted in the Clos de Vougeot, during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne, 22 March 2016. This is always a tasting to look forward to, the only problem is the queue to get into the Chateau du Clos de Vougeot, due to the big Vosne tasting at the same time –… Read More
Some Chablis 2014s
A short list – if not so short in time – lots of elbows were needed as the place was packed. Only at lunchtime was it possible to breath and approach the stalls – mainly due to the massive queue to eat. A shame, then, than most of the… Read More