Many 2005’s are a shadow of where they were 6 months ago, so despite not all being in bottle yet, it’s lucky that some are now filtering through:2006 Antonin Guyon, Pernand Vergelesses Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is reasonably wide but with a good… Read More

1998 Antonin Guyon, Corton Clos du Roy Medium ruby-red colour. The nose is wide and quite forward, some diffuse higher tones and faintly spiced red fruit. The palate is lithe and muscular, good acidity too complimenting tannin that’s forward, but ripe and well under control. There’s… Read More

2002 Antonin Guyon, Aloxe-Corton 1er Les Fournières A good medium-plus cherry-red colour. The nose starts full of minerals and sweet red cherry, slowly becomes a little higher-toned and diffuse, the remaining drops in the glass, however, have a quite lovely smell. The palate is quite intense and pure –… Read More

It’s true, I took a short red break from my 4 Vaillons – the next two are (of-course) still on their way! To develop a thirst for the Chablis I set myself a task on Saturday – to run from Lauterbrunnen up to Mürren, have lunch then do… Read More

Drunk over about 5 days…2001 Antonin Guyon, Chambolle-Musigny Medium ruby red. The nose starts with a little deep oak and mainly red shaded fruit – just a little heavy and cumbersome. Slowly the oak fades (about 90% gone) and the impression becomes more high-toned and… Read More

2001 Domaine Guyon, Vosne-Romanée Medium ruby-red. The nose starts with deep and spicy, even rubbery oaky elements, slowly there are high-toned red fruit and floral aspects and eventually more plummy fruit added to the mix, the last drops in the glass smell fantastic. There’s a real kick… Read More

Well, there have been a few that I haven’t mentioned. Starting with a cha-cha-cha phase that was followed with a bit more Cha! Chambollow, Chiroubles, Chenas and then more from Chambolle: First up was Pauline Passot’s 2019 Chiroubles Claudius Lighter colour than I remember –… Read More