2017 Chablis – An Enigma…
Why an enigma? Well, 2017 was a very precocious year – partly for that reason was so much of the potential volume lost to frost – but it wasn’t just a precocious vintage, it was a hot vintage too – a year of sunshine – and one of the… Read More
52x 2017 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 08 January 2019. I didn’t do this tasting for the 2016 vintage because most of Petit Chablis had been badly frosted. That said, so was a lot of 2017 too! I have anyway renewed my acquaintance with this AOP… Read More
François Gaunoux – 2017
Tasted in Meursault the 06 November 2018, 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) Jean-Pierre and Claudine on 2018: “In 2018… Read More
Mâconnais 2016
Alphonse de Lamartine born in Mâcon in 1790, lived much of his life in Milly. Behind, the Saint-Laurent bridge in Mâcon. Practically speed-tasting, but first impressions count for something – no? The wines listed in the order of (blind) tasting: Jean-Luc et Paul Aegerter, Saint-Veran A good… Read More
Grands Maisons – Grands Crus – Edition 2018
Tasted in the Clos Frantin cuverie in Nuits St.Georges, 15 March 2018. This year heralded a new format for this ‘not to miss’ tasting. Previous years saw a blind tasting of ‘Maison’ wines in Clos de Vougeot – and no time for chatting or you wouldn’t have the time to… Read More
DIAM and the eventual triumph of empiricism…
A discussion of why I believe DIAM to be my closure of choice for white burgundy. For a number of years I’ve recommended here in Burgundy Report that you either drink your white burgundy young – let’s say within 3-5 years of release – or that you buy… Read More
Profile: François Gaunoux
Tatsed in Meursault the 13 November 2017, with Claudine Gaunoux and Domaine François Gaunoux / Château Gaunoux 23 Rue du 11 Novembre 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 40 www.gaunoux.com (flash) Gaunoux is a great old Côte de Beaune family… Read More
2017 harvest – 14 september
Nuits’ Clos de l’Arlot , this afternoon… Although I ‘did’ Nuits and Chambolle yesterday, I’m a sucker for a nice view – so today, the team of l’Arlot were at it again, plus more again in the swathe of vines (Premeaux) south of Nuits close to Les St.Georges. Read More
jadot acquires… (plus gratuitous musigny pics)
A nice day today, mainly touring the Côte de Nuits – in the meantime, an email in my inbox regarding Louis Jadot’s newest acquisition (press release to the right) – and it’s a whole 18 hectares worth with the acquisition of Prieur-Brunet in Santenay. I tried to visit PB… Read More