harvest 2009 – wednesday 16th sept
The home team 2009: Gareth, Gillian, Marie, David & Shane (Joseph is missing, he was working away from the cuverie) After the exertions of the Duvault-Blochet the night before (and it turns out the sauce was actually based on Nuits St.Georges!) it comes as something of a… Read More
a little hydration… and a larger rumour…
A mixed bag from okay to great – the ‘okay‘ was probably self-inflicted 🙂 2000 Sylvie Spielmann, Riesling Bergheim Darker yellow colour but with a classic maturing riesling nose – no petrol but lots of complexity. In the mouth,… Read More
the great grape launderette…
I’m reminded of more than one conversion I had with the former winemaker in Morey St.Denis, David Clark. His 2004s and 2011s were not immune to the pyrazines of those vintages, and in the absence of other theories that convinced, he seemed pretty comfortable with the… Read More
marko’s burgundy vendange day nine…
Arlaud Vendange Day 9, Tuesday 11th September 2018 Was something of a relief to know Roncevie was finally behind us. I mused to myself over breakfast, and pre-departure, what we might have left (that I could think of), and as a result where we might be bound. A quick… Read More
one or two holiday bottles…
Dec 23 Dec 24 The magnums Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 23+24 Dec 27… Read More
Mark’s harvest: Vendange Day 4 – p.m Negoce !
ARLAUD VENDANGE – Day 4 (pm), Thurs 18th Sept 2014 Bonjour, tout le monde, sorry for the delayed re-appearance of notes, thoughts etc from Morey – we’ve been working like slaves and, despite best intentions any number of times, my journalistic desires (if one can call it that) have just… Read More
Burgundy Reports
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last weekend’s bottles…
A modest, but very tasty set of wines that accompanied DVDs and popcorn (amongst other choice materials…) It’s nice to reflect on the diversity of wines; here the lovely Passetoutgrains probably cost not much more than 10 Euros, but (on a different price level) last night I was… Read More
burgundy 2013 harvest – sunday 6th october…
Well despite the last clear hours of the day on Saturday, Sunday morning was grey, with a little drizzle. Sunday was a day without grapes for the home domaine, so I’d planned for a group of us to go to Hotel Montrachet for breakfast – simply the best surroundings,… Read More