Round-up of wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between mid-December 2009 and mid-April 2010. Regional Wines (7) Villages Wines (11) Premier Cru Wines (25) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL WINES 2005 David Clark, Bourgogne Au Pelson… Read More
Great Domaines of Burgundy, Remington Norman
2010, Kyle Cathie; Revised Edition My Diary pages are the usual repository of book-related infos and reviews, but for a second Burgundy Report in a row I showcase a new book on Burgundy. The first was Clive Coates slightly soiled Meisterstück (hopefully the/a reprint will restore his… Read More
A Victory Of The Unions
— By Serge Wolikow & Olivier Jacquet, France — Reprinted from Tong N°2, courtesy Tong Magazine Serge Wolikow and Olivier Jacquet are sociologists based at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, where they run the Unesco Chair “Culture et Traditions du Vin”, regularly organising seminars on hot… Read More
Camille Giroud: 2009 Update (2007s)
A small selection of wines from 2007, tasted in September 2009. I thought that I noticed some slight development of style but wasn’t sure whether it was because of the vintage or because I was tasting ‘later’ from bottle rather than barrel – the usual oak tannin texture was… Read More
Corton rejoins the Romanée-Conti family…
Aubert de Villaine stands in front of Corton Clos du Roi Towards the northern limits of the the hill of Corton lies the small town of Ladoix, or more correctly Ladoix-Serrigny – this is the most northerly of the Côte de Beaune villages. Perhaps the town’s major piece… Read More
Random ruminations…
The Market A trade source tells me that there are significant quantities of 2003, 2004 and 2006 that are still in the ‘pipeline’, and with hardly any 2007s sold, the coming 2008 en-primeur campaign could be very messy – that’s before you factor-in whether January will still be too… Read More
The Wines of Burgundy, Clive Coates
2008, University of California Press I usually give my thoughts on books here, but given that this is the most important book published in over 10 years that is devoted to Burgundy, I felt that I should make a more considered comment. ‘Important’ could also be synonymous with weighty… Read More
harvest 2009 – wednesday 16th sept
The home team 2009: Gareth, Gillian, Marie, David & Shane (Joseph is missing, he was working away from the cuverie) After the exertions of the Duvault-Blochet the night before (and it turns out the sauce was actually based on Nuits St.Georges!) it comes as something of a… Read More
mark – pernand-vergelesses day 3 thurs 10th sept
Morning over to Volnay. Now here’s a genuine steal cum bargain of a wine in that a la Dubreuil-Fontaine the Volnay is a blend of premier cru and village and is currently Euros 18 !!! Think I need some. Quite often when a domaine wine has been produced for tasting… Read More