any excuse…
Or this could be titled, how to avoid oxidation – and fail! Although I intend to have some good drinking in my dotage, I generally drink more modest stuff at home; bourgognes, villages and premiers – perhaps only a grand cru once or twice a month. Actually half the… Read More
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
more on 2009 whites + a 2008 red from muzard
Last week, as you will have gathered from the snowy images, was a little chilly in the Côtes, but it was a good time to get a better understanding of the whites – even though many will not be bottled until February-April 2011. I think I tasted almost 200… Read More
Profile: Domaine du Duc de Magenta (Chassagne-Montrachet)
I was initially compelled to visit this domaine after tasting the wonderful 1978 Chassagne Rouge at the Grands Jours de Bourgogne earlier in the year. I first met the Duchesse de Magenta, Amélie de Mac Mahon when she was chatting with photographer Jon Wyand, I commended her on… Read More
laurent ponsot’s new ‘plastic corks’…
So here we have (potentially) progress in Côte de Nuits Grand Cru seals – Olivier Leflaive has already used them for a year or two in the Côte de Beaune. I retain that hint of caveat as regards ‘progress’ because there are no 20, 30, 40+ year-old bottles to deliver… Read More
Grandes Maisons: Grands Crus – The 2008s
From the Grands Jours in Burgundy at the end of March and organised by the association of négociants (Fédération des Négociants Eleveurs de Grande Bourgogne – FNEB) was a blind tasting of predominantly 2008 grand crus in the Château du Clos de Vougeot. For some reason a handful of… 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 mid-December 2009 and mid-April 2010. Regional Wines (7) Villages Wines (11) Premier Cru Wines (25) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL WINES 2005 David Clark, Bourgogne Au Pelson… Read More
paddling…
Like a duck paddling away below the surface I’m trying to give the impression of everything being serene above the waist. The fact is the next Burgundy Report (already the 8th year!) is coming together in a much more orderly/timely fashion than usual – in fact you will only have… Read More
2001 Fevre William Chablis Le Clos
Chalk and cheese versus the 01 Leflaive Bourgogne – actually (way back when) this wine was only about 10% more expensive than the Leflaive. Sharper, finer, still quite ripe but a wine of focus and precision. If anything the Leflaive had more overt concentration, but not the intensity. Like this:… Read in the Note Finder