Profile: Elodie Roy (Maranges)
Tasted in Cheilly-Les-Maranges with Elodie Roy, 24 June 2019. Domaine Elodie Roy 1B rue du Glacis 71150 Cheilly-Les-Maranges Tel: +33 6 87 16 27 32 Elodie’s father used to sell practically everything from the family domaine in bulk, but that’s about to change now that Elodie has… Read More
2016 Red Burgundy
The red harvest volume in 2016 was significantly below that of the the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – only the volumes of 2003 and 1991 of (relatively) recent memory can compare. Essentially that means that the oft-quoted 5 year-average is currently something of a meaningless statistic –… Read More
Jessiaume – 2016
Tasted in Santenay with William Waterkeyn and Megan McClune, 07 November 2017. Domaine Jessiaume 10 Rue de la Gare 21590 Santenay Tel: +33 3 80 20 60 03 www.jessiaume.com The renaissance of Santenay wine began a little over 25 years ago, and if you… Read More
old buildings and good grub…
Old buildings eh? A leaky radiator in the apartment – typically it leakes in the middle. Who know that these old radiators are mad up of sections – you take them all apart, remove the broken bit and then re-assemble! Still, it took 36 hours and the weather was damn… Read More
The ‘Côtes Collection’
Or how about a Cammuffle of Côtes (In the absence of other collective nouns…) Burgundian appellations are, occasionally, not always the easiest to follow; how about this for a selection of labels: Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune-Villages, Côte de Nuits-Villages and then there’s Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Bourgogne… Read More
Santenay: Village Profile
There are two ways to Santenay – at least if you come from the north, and I expect that the majority of you will… The most well-trodden route of wine tourists is likely to be the road through the vines from Chassagne-Montrachet; as you travel southwards the vines rising on… Read More
monday 23 Sept – harvest 2019 update
My home domaine finished their harvest on Thursday, and many others are also done, but that wasn’t the case in the Hautes Côtes, the Côte de Nuits or even Chablis and Beaujolais where they still had much work to do: On Friday the vast majority of the Côte de… Read More
Côte de Nuits – mainly Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Guyard 10 rue du Puits de Tet 21160 Marsannay la Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 14 46 www.alainguyard.com Alain has 8.5 hectares and is based in Marsannay. 2015 Marsannay A bright and wide red-fruited nose. Energy, nice fruit –… Read More
one or two holiday bottles…
Dec 23 Dec 24 The magnums Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 23+24 Dec 27… Read More