2019 Beaujolais: ‘it doesn’t show the sun as much as we were expecting’
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: Côte de Beaune – November 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 2: Côte de Nuits – December 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 3: (Here) Beaujolais – February 2021 2019 delivered a more classic timing for the… Read More
2018 Beaujolais: ‘This time the weather was with us!‘
2018 was a year with an early harvest and not much, but regular, rain after the 15th June – so the vines didn’t suffer from drought. It was ‘mainly’ too dry for the maladies in the summer, though. 2018 is the first vintage for a number of… Read More
Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
2017 Beaujolais
2017 was a year of contrasts – some very friendly growing conditions and some assuredly malevolent weather – a sometimes chaotic growing season, sometimes friendly. It could hardly be any other way when you consider the large geography of the region. Many think of 2017 as a hot and… Read More
Profile: Domaine de La Grand’Cour
Tasted in Fleurie with Jean-Louis Dutraive, 13 February 2018 – pictured right in his cellar – almost a mini-Château Chaize. Domaine de La Grand’Cour 69820 Fleurie Tel: +33 4 74 69 81 16 domainedelagrandcour.fr Jean-Louis’ father, Jean, bought the domaine here in 1969,… Read More
Les Roches de Garants – 2015
Tasted with Jean-Paul Champagnon in Fleurie, 08 February 2017. Domaine Les Roches de Garants La Treille 69820 Fleurie +33 4 74 04 15 62 www.champagnon.fr Jean-Paul on 2016: “Difficult. I was hailed – like many in Fleurie – 2 hectares were 100% lost. Read More
Les Roches de Garants (JP Champagnon)
Tasted with Jean-Paul Champagnon in Fleurie, 14 April 2016. Domaine Les Roches de Garants La Treille 69820 Fleurie +33 4 74 04 15 62 www.champagnon.fr Jean-Paul Champagnon relates that “Yes it’s a family domaine, but not super-old; it was started by my parents in… Read More
weekend wines – week 4 2023
I think that these wines are pertinent to the doomsday pricing impression left by my most recent post/repost. It’s important for me to to show you that drinking burgundy – and I use the term in its widest geographical sense – is not only about wines that cost… Read More
weekend stuff – week 30 2021
You could call the seals to the right the good, the bad and the ugly – but those names don’t tally with the physical appearances: The clean-cut Nomacorc is the villain of the bunch – the first incarnation of this cane-sugar development was an utter disaster for all… Read More