GJB: Grand Crus Blind – 2011+2008
Grands Maisons, Grand Crus at the Clos de Vougeot, 20 March, 2014 All of these wines were tasted blind by me. Actually they are presented in the format “Wine 1. Chablis Les Clos” so you know the vineyard but not the producer – though, if there had been a Chablis… Read More
1. 2012 Whites: A wider perspective on what to buy…
If you want to buy white Burgundy from 2012, and there are brilliant wines out there, then the simple question is ‘how to find them?’ Here is my rough guide; though don’t for a moment forget that it reflects what I look for in white Burgundy – tension, acidity and… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
ray’s book
Subtitled ‘The Road to Burgundy’ Published by Gotham Books (Penguin). On trains and trams for the last couple of months I’ve been dipping into this book – Ray kindly thrust it into my hands the last time I saw him – and despite ~290 A5 pages, the chapters… Read More
a good dinner…
Yesterday evening we had the good fortune that some ‘wine friends’ were in town for dinner. Just to give an impression of the wines, we started with an apero of 1979 Thevenot Meursault-Goutte d’Or, I’ve had better bottles as there was a bit of persistent (but faint) musty oxidative… Read More
harvest time…
At the home domaine anyway! Today was the home-team’s start (ignoring a little bourgogne blanc must, already delivered) with grapes arriving from Beaune 1er Cras, Savigny 1er Les Peuillets and Aloxe 1er Les Valozières. ‘The Boss’ notes: Honestly, it looks good – I’m surprised to be happy! I’ve… Read More
hazy reflections!
My memory is hazy, but I do remember some very tasty glasses coming my way. Starting with whites, towards the top were a couple of rieslings (1971 Auslese and 1995 Brand GC) and a brilliant magnum of Pur Sang (2003). Not to be forgotten was a 2005 Hermitage Blanc and… Read More
The Finest Wines of Burgundy – Latest News…
Much as I may wish, no book is perfect. Whether it’s an error small enough that it skips past several eyes, or indeed so big that it was never questioned – in the end the author rightly carries the can. On this page I will list all the inaccuracies, updates… Read More
random ruminations
Not too many things have grabbed my attention in the last weeks, but here’s a selection of those that did… Polarisation The 2009 vintage seems to have polarised red-wine-drinking opinion in quite an interesting way. There is no denying the stunning quality that many domaines have brought to their… Read More