summertime…
Vosne-Romanée this week… 36 degrees yesterday, and and practically the whole week with 30°C-plus. Sticky but glorious! Next week starts similarly but cools and becomes a little stormy – so they say anyway! It’s frankly perfect for the flowering as there’s not much wind and the temperature… Read More
Random Ruminations
The April Report – Dear Subscribers – This month has some emphasis on a bunch of blind tastings that I wanted to do: Rully Blanc 2013 – to reinforce (or otherwise!) my very positive impression of this label/vintage combination during my previous tastings. Saint Bris 2013 – to… Read More
half a dozen from Martel…
Tasted courtesy of Martel of St.Gallen, in the Hotel Schweizerhof, Luzern – 10 March, 2015. Nice location and a brilliant room to taste in. The glasses weren’t the best, they seemed to attenuate the aromas, but overall, nicely done. Here are a few wines that I haven’t tasted… Read More
Patrick Puize – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Patrick, 14th January 2015. Patrick Piuze 25 rue Emile Zola 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 85 73 www.patrickpiuze.com Patrick, Canadian by birth has worked at a few addresses in Burgundy, including Verget, Olivier Leflaive and Jean-Marc Brocard – eventually… Read More
to be, or not to be, 2004…
I know, I know, ‘here we go again’ you are thinking. Well yes, and no… I’ve actually tried a few very good 2004s in the last days – I looked very hard at them, but found nothing amiss. So everything’s alright now say some. Hold your horses say… Read More
what to do on a friday?
Easy – visit Domaine Leflaive… The right road… The domaine with no nameplate – très discrete… Tanks to fit the curve of the cellar walls… Share this:… Read More
mist, sun, barrels, horses, trees and sky…
It just felt like that kind of day! On my way through the mist to visit Le Grappin today, I even saw peoples’ breath steaming a little – it didn’t seem that cool, but apparently… The sun managed to break through quite early today, it was already sunny… Read More
Corton-Charlemagne 2012 – blind…
Before delving into the detail, it’s worth saying ‘what a great set of wines’ this was. I used my normal nomenclature (Rebuy: no – maybe – yes) converted to 0-2 points, plus my favourite wine getting 3 points, but there was nothing here that I wouldn’t enjoy sharing… Read More
2012 Vintage – merchant tasting
A merchant tasting, by Gerstl, in Bern 03 June, 2014. All the wines were tasted in the order listed here. Where multiple vintages were offered, I tasted only the current (2012) vintage. Domaine Guyon 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Platières… Read More