François Gaunoux – 2020
Tasted in Meursault at Château Gaunoux, 14 December 2021, with Claudine Gaunoux and Jean-Pierre Tournier. Domaine François Gaunoux / Château Gaunoux 23 Rue du 11 Novembre 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 40 www.gaunoux.com (flash) More reports… Read More
a few recent wines…
See, it’s not always foggy in the Autumn! – Volnay, looking down over the Clos des Ducs All these wines (over the last 12-14 days showed well. I won’t re-bore you with notes for either the Château Thivin or the Gauthier Montmains as they are practically house… Read More
22-Sept-2021 – My Beaune harvest, day 4 and the subject of grape security!
2021 Savigny 1er Les Vergelesses… Today we started with the last of the Chorey – still plenty of work but with less to triage than the Bourgogne of the day before. Then came white and red Savigny Les Vergelesses – this chardonnay, by far, the best… Read More
Camille Thiriet – 2020 + 2019
Tasted with Camille Thiriet in Comblanchien, 10 May 2021. Maison Camille Thiriet 7 Chemin des Carrières 21700 Comblanchien Tel: +33 6 08 91 86 83 maisoncamillethiriet.com Maison Camille Thiriet began life with four barrels of white wine and three of red in 2016. Read More
some weekend wine, week 26 2021 – yes, already halfway through the year!
2019 Château Bellevue, Morgon Côte du Py I didn’t like the smell of the cork and for the first hour, I also didn’t like the smell of this wine – all herby and reductive – I blamed the cork thought it wasn’t ‘corked.’ Fortunately with aeration it… Read More
yesterday in the côtes…
Yesterday afternoon. Mainly Beaune Gréves but a little Toussaints and Bressandes to the right… Obviously, some damage in Gevrey-Chambertin yesterday but the storms were extremely localised. The rest of the Côte d’Or was threatened – like Beaune above – but there was rarely more than occasional rumbles… Read More
François Gaunoux – 2019
Tasted in Meursault at Château Gaunoux the 17 March 2021, with Jean-Pierre Tournier & Claudine Gaunoux. Domaine François Gaunoux / Château Gaunoux 23 Rue du 11 Novembre 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 40 www.gaunoux.com (flash) More… Read More
basking in the sun part 2… the 2021 frost…
Basking in the sun… Part 1 It’s still much too early to properly take stock* other than to say that the frost of April 2021 – a month not yet over – was both a rare and a severely yield-limiting event. You will have to go back… Read More
Dominique Lafon – 2019
Tasted with Dominique Lafon at the Château de Bligny, 28 October 2020. Domaine Dominique Lafon Château de Bligny 14 Grande rue 21200 Bligny-lès-Beaune More reports for Dominique Lafon. Dominique says that he loves to get hands dirty in the cellar but has less… Read More