burgundy 2009 en-primeur (round 1 – uk)
Last year I listed a few merchant offers that the merchants themselves paid for – not much, just the equivalent of a bottle of premier cru – I haven’t done it this year, simply because the wines are selling (have sold!) so fast. One year later the same amount… Read More
A Vintage Viewpoint (2010, 2009, 2008…)
2010 Following on from a very fine harvest in 2009 the vines would have a long an cold winter to recover, though for some it was too cold; one evening before Christmas the thermometer plummeted. At 6pm it was around 0°C, by midnight it was anywhere between -17 to… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between May and November 2010. Regional Wines (2) Villages Wines (21) Premier Cru Wines (19) Grand Cru Wines (7) REGIONAL WINES 2008 Camille Giroud, Bourgogne Cuvée Lees… Read More
mark de morey – burgundy harvest diary #1
Got home finally about midday Tuesday UK time having left my Dover Premier Travel Inn around 5 a.m. Arrived there early last evening tres fatigue from the Calais time 4.10 p.m. ferry which I made by dint of getting my foot down more than I’d have liked and no… Read More
harvest – 27th september
The previous evening was leftovers again, but this time supplemented with 2004 Puligny and 2002 Fourrier Gevrey Clos St.Jacques. The white had a very obvious 2004 character, the red was elegance personified – no fireworks but understated complexity. Today and it’s raining… Read More
Random ruminations…
As usual in the summer I don’t like to overburden you with too much here – besides there’s not so much news as everyone (almost) in the Côtes is on holiday right now! So just a few things: Beaune Beaune is hard to sell and easy to drink… 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
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
2007 Chézeaux Clos St.Denis Vieilles Vignes
These are now over 100 year-old vines, the label says ‘vieilles vignes’, but the cork, (like the label on the Ponsot botting) says très vieilles vignes’. Medium, medium-plus colour. For quite a while after opening, the aromatics are rather diffuse offering almost a little blood-orange fruit, slowly it takes on… Read in the Note Finder