weekend wines – week 44 2022
Three very easy winners this weekend! 2020 Thivin, Côte de Brouilly Clos Bertrand A deep nose, a wide nose, of pure dark fruit. I like this shape, direct in style but with fine texture and depth to its pure fruit – delicious! Rebuy – Yes… Read More
Catching up with some 1996 reds
It’s been too long since we have talked about this vintage but a friend came up with the idea of opening a few such bottles over dinner in Zürich – perfect! Except that I rolled over on my ankle while out jogging that day – which meant 7 weeks unable… Read More
A Yorkshire lunch – in three acts…
A short hop to Leeds – so a Yorkshire lunch – even if one of us didn’t have the fortune of originating from that county 🙂 (My) Lunch was French onion soup, venison Wellington and nibbling from a selection of cheeses. I can’t remember the last time I saw this… Read More
2018 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 14 November, 2019. Welcome to the ninth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin of new vintage – the first tasting was done for the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The… Read More
2018 – it’s not your father’s burgundy…
My white report will be out in not much more than a week, covering over 40 domaines’ wines and the white vintage assessed in detail. But here’s a weekend red – my first bottled 2018 red burgundy at home – and it’s more than a good one… Read More
2017 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 15 November, 2018. This was the eighth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – the first tasting was done for the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The… Read More
weekend wines – week 31 2018
A lunch with, as you can see, like-minded friends… 2011 Comtes Lafon, Meursault Clos de la Barre It was very hard to place this wine when first poured – it had a certain sweetness – aromatically and in the flavour – but it kept getting better and better… Read More
2016 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 November, 2017. This was the seventh presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The format was the… Read More
2015 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 17 November, 2016. This was the sixth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report. The format was the same as each year,… Read More