Ambroise – 2014
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 10 December 2015. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com I enjoyed the 2013s so much earlier this year, that I though it a ‘must’ to come and see… Read More
Profile: Maison Ambroise – 2013
Tasted in Premeaux with Ludovine Ambroise, 2nd February 2015. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com Today it is sister and brother, Ludivine and François, that are taking more of the responsibility, but father Bertrand… Read More
ambroise: a carbonated beverage or wine?
I cannot lie, these days I’m having a bit of a love-hate relationship with dissolved CO2 in young wines – I can only love the wines when it’s gone – before I hate them…! 2009 Maison Ambroise, Bourgogne… Read More
offer of the day – bertrand ambroise…
DOMAINE BERTRAND AMBROISE 2010 CÔTE DE NUITS VILLAGES 2010 75cl 18.00 (Swiss francs) NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2010 75cl 29.00 VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2010 75cl 38.00 NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Vaucrains 2010 75cl 46.00 CORTON Le Rognet Grand Cru 2010 75cl 65.00 CORTON Le Rognet Grand Cru 2010 150cl 135.00 CLOS DE VOUGEOT… Read More
just a few recent wines…
As Dan and Mike, in the comments, were interested. Here are some notes from a previous post plus some other bottles too: 2019 Berthaut-Gerbet, Bourgogne Hautes Côted de Nuits Medium-plus colour. Perfumed with dark-red fruit. Nicely sweeping lines from this middle-weight wine, a wine that was drunk in… Read More
2020 Red Burgundy
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) The Côte d’Or – December 2021 2020 Red Burgundy Part 2: Beaujolais – February 2022 Beaune 1er Belissand 21 August 2020… What about the 2020 reds in the Côte d’Or? 2018-2020 are a trio of, historically, hot… Read More
2017 Value Whites – the BIVB’s Cave Prestige 2019…
The winners… The 48th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. Read More
A Bourgogne Côte d’Or?
I’ve discussed it before, but this is a new label that you might come across for the first time with the 2017 vintage. People have been proposing this label for almost 20 years but now it’s done – and it’s for both the reds and… Read More
2017 Red Burgundy Report
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More