Jacques Prieur – 2012s
Tasted in Meursault with Nadine Gublin, 21 Feb, 2014. Nadine on 2012: “The first bottling began 1 week ago, many cuvées are assembled though some are still in barrel – we will follow the lunar calendar for our bottling. 2012 was a small production for us – around a 50%… 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
Alex Gambal – 2012s
Tasted with Alex Gambal in Beaune, 29, Jan 2014. The whites: 2012 Bourgogne Chardonnay The nose is both pretty and high-toned. Nice drive and density to the flavours, good overall balance too due to the lovely acidity. Really on… Read More
Chanson Père et Fils – 2012s
Tasted in Beaune with Gilles de Courcel, 31 Jan, 2014. With 45 hectares of 1er and grand cru wines, mainly in an around Beaune – 10 different Beaune 1ers – Chanson have been hard hit in the last two vintages; yields were ‘very low’ in 2012 – “Not just fewer… Read More
Bouchard Père et Fils – 2012s
The following wines were tasted with Philippe Prost in Beaune, 09 Jan, 2014. “A great vintage is one with excellent wine at all levels; 2012 is like that.” Philippe Prost. Prost on 2013: “We have 42 hectares in Beaune, we saw between 20% and 80% destruction. Our estate wines have… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
burgundy 2013 harvest – monday 30th sept…
Whilst the overwhelming majority of red grapes wait on the vines, the chardonnay cutting is now in full flow; many were the domaines that started at the end of last week, more-so at the weekend, and now practically everyone has started. There is a little to triage in some… Read More
eichholtz in the walserhof…
It’s not every day that you go to eat eat at the Hotel Walserhof in Klosters; we did it one time before, perhaps seven or eight years ago, and it was everything that you might expect of a ‘renowned table’ in Switzerland; efficiently serviced, tasty food but it wasn’t… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More