harvest 2012: a basic summary
Last year it was relatively easy to make some broad-brush descriptions of the vintage. This year it really isn’t so easy. The growing season has delivered very little consistency in terms of yield – it’s very low but not consistently-so. Poor weather at flowering was the starting point,… Read More
a tale of two griottes: chézeaux & chézeaux…
Domaine des Chézeaux, by a big margin the largest owners of Griotte-Chambertin, have two metayeurs for their holdings (the two parcels were acquired at different times); Domaine René Leclerc and Domaine Ponsot. For a number of years there was confusion about who made the wine that was… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More
birds, bottles and links…
It’s the same every year; the orange berries on this tree are completely ignored until we have a severe frost – the frost can be January or it can be like yesterday’s -15°C – then the mistle thrushes appear and devour them all. They patiently wait in the higher… Read More
A round-up of new wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st July 2011 and 11th November 2011. More and more 2010s in the mix now – the CO2 is beginning to subside! Buisson-Charles (Meursault) Cornu (Magny-lès-Villers) Dublère (Savigny) Lécheneaut (Nuits) Michel Mallard (Ladoix)… Read More
A Vintage Viewpoint (2011, 2010, 2009…)
2011 A precocious vintage – only the sixth time on record that harvesting began in August – for the record (ex BIVB) the other vintages were: 1719, 1822, 1893, 2003 and 2007. Such was the vigour of growth in the vineyards that it was nigh-on impossible to visit some… Read More
harvest – a couple of quotes
More for fun than info: Laurent Ponsot: “Today’s our last harvest day (Friday 16th!) and for sure I’m quite busy… I’m working one month per year and it’s now!!! More to come in a while on that subject…” Yves Confuron (de Courcel): “I’m up to my neck in… Read More
Grand Cru, Remington Norman
2010, Kyle Cathie Subtitled: The great wines of Burgundy through the perspective of its finest vineyards. The second book ‘by’ Remington Norman in 2010. The first was actually Charles Taylor’s reworking of Norman’s largely ground-breaking 1992 work, ‘The Great Domaines of Burgundy‘. This book is in the format of… Read More
offer of the day – olivier bernstein…
OLIVIER BERNSTEIN 2009 – BURGUNDY VILLAGE GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN 2009 75cl 69.00 (Swiss francs) PREMIERS CRUS CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES LAVROTTES 2009 75cl 129.00 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LES CHAMPEAUX 2009 75cl 129.00 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LES CAZETIERS 2009 75cl 119.00 GRANDS CRUS CLOS DE LA ROCHE 2009 75cl 298.00 MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN… Read More