Result list for “Gilles Paris” (28 entries)

Nathalie & Gilles Fèvre – 2015

By billn on February 26, 2017 #br extra!#pages

Tasted in Fontenay-près-Chablis with Nathalie, Julie and Gilles Fèvre, 16 January 2017. Domaine Nathalie et Gilles Fèvre Route de Chablis 89800 Fontenay-près-Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 94 47 www.nathalieetgillesfevre.com Nathalie on 2016: “It’s quite hard to find the good wood for pruning… Read More

gilles bouton blagny 2010 1er sous les puits

By billn on April 06, 2012 #degustation

I’ve got 2006 to 2009 of this wine, and those bottles have shown both concentration and a very similar family resemblance. This 2010, by comparison, is rather blowsy and hardly shows that resemblance today – it remains a good value wine for the cost ex-domaine, but versus what I’ve experienced… Read More

Beaujolais Region

By billn on May 02, 2018 #br extra!#pages

All wines tasted in the Côte d’Or between 13 and 14 March 2018. Domaine Les Capreoles La Plaigne 69430 Régnie-Durette Tel: +33 4 74 65 57 83 www.capreoles.com Cédric Lecareux together with his wife Catherine run a relatively new domaine in Régnié, since… Read More

Premier Crus for Fleurie?

By billn on June 06, 2023 #beaujolais#degustation#warning - opinion!

Fleurie - Clos de la Chapelle des Bois
*The Fleurie appellation is located in the heart of the Beaujolais Crus and overlooks the Saône valley, the AOC Fleurie is backed by a chain of ridges. It culminates between 225 and 475 meters above sea level and flourishes on 840 hectares of vines. The soils are mainly made up of more or less deep and decomposed pink granites which give Fleurie wines a finesse and an elegant structure. Check out: Fleurie & Fleurie Maps *As per InterBeaujolais... For about 10 years now, the 'Cru Fleurie' - ie the local association of winegrower/makers - have been involved in collective action and studies with the aim to 'encourage winegrowers to further improve the quality of their wines and highlight their terroirs in order to reclaim their wine history!' During this period, resources were allocated to both cartographic and geological studies - you have a link to the resulting maps here - this work carried out by the Rhône Chamber of Agriculture in collaboration with the Sigales pedological study office with the aid of InterBeaujolais. The result, with the (above) linked maps, certainly makes it possible to more fully appreciate the diversity of the soils in Beaujolais - granite is not always granite! Further research has included historical price positioning plus a survey on the cultural practices and know-how of the winegrowers. On Tuesday, March 28 2023, a general meeting was held for the Fleurie Cru and the Beaujolais vineyards. The winegrowers of the Fleurie Cru voted for an update to their specifications plus a list of climats that should be presented with all the collected historical information to the INAO for a Premiers Crus classification. *'Out of more than 70 voters (representing 60% of the surface area of the AOC), more than 85% of the winegrowers voted for the following:' *Interbeaujolais The updated specifications include the following commitments: - A yield of 52 hl/ha vs 56 hl for the Fleurie without mention of 1er Cru - Marketing of their wines on September 1st following the harvest vs the current February 1st - A first harvest after the 5th leaf - it is allowed in the 3rd vintage even for grand crus in the Côte d'Or! - A minimum degree of 11.5° vs the current 10.5° - Chemical weeding is prohibited for vines planted at greater than 120cm spacing The 48 climats of the cru were classified according to the following objective criteria: - The use of the locality in harvest claims - The claimed area vs planted area of the locality - Valuation of vintages - Tasting notes - Contemporary literature - Historical literature - The cartography The winegrowers of the Fleurie Cru wish to propose for Premier Cru classification the 7 climats having obtained the best scores in their voting, i.e.: - Les Moriers - Poncié - Les Garants - La Madone - La Roilette - Grille Midi - La Chapelle des Bois These 7 localities currently represent 27% of the appellation. The dossier containing these infos will be presented to the INAO. This is typically a very long process before (or if!) any changes come to fruition - 10-20 years! - with much horse-trading and even the likelihood that the INAO (in exchange) will wish to declassify some parcels from the AOC of Fleurie. My personal position is that the crus of Beaujolais are effectively (already) the equivalent of premier crus because of the pre-existence of Beaujolais-Villages eg Beaujolais-Lantignie (and many others) and an obvious step up in quality. I would be happier if the energy of the growers was focused on making the very best wine possible as opposed to tinkering with the rules and classification of their climats - yet! - Yet, it is also entirely possible that the improvement in quality that they are searching for and the investment in the best production facilities that can underpin that may only be widely achievable if the can earn a few more euros per bottle and need the influence of a 1er cru label to achieve that. You might say something of a chicken and egg situation... Click on 'Read More...' below to see the notes for 40+ Fleurie wines in the order that they were (blind) tasted this Springtime:   Read More

Comtesse de Chérisey – 2020

By billn on December 23, 2022

Tasted with Laurent Martelet who is here flanked by Rémi Colin and Laurette Martelet in Blagny, 21 September 2022. Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey 4 bis, Hameau de Blagny 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 9 66 89 59 40 www.domainecomtessedecherisey.com More reports for Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey is… Read More

2021 Beaujolais Nouveau – the ‘combative’ vintage

By billn on November 11, 2021 #annual laurels#beaujolais#degustation

2021 Beaujolais Nouveau
Or primeurs as the French, so often, refer to them. 100 wines, tasted blind in deepest Beaujolais, 02 November 2021: - Inter Beaujolais - the marketing board for the Beaujolais region - describe the 2021 vintage as combative. - 2021 was a complicated year in terms of both the weather conditions and the amount of work needed in the vines by the winegrowers. The second half of August and the month of September, however, made it possible to retain decent quality grapes, even if the quantity was reduced. - Begun in mid-September, the harvest took place in rather cool conditions. This freshness, which characterised the end of the grapes' ripening period, is visible in the wines. - The wines in 2021 have moderation in mind – at least compared to the other recent vintages – they are lower in both alcohol and weight of phenolics - their tannic structure. The wines have been quite fairly described by Inter Beaujolais as ‘tender and fruity.’ Overall, just over 100 samples were presented for this 2021 showing of Beaujolais Nouveau - which is a big drop from the number of samples (160+) proffered in recent vintages. Why? Simply, it was the 2021 harvest volumes; generally hit by frost at the start of the year and more locally in the south – where much Nouveau is produced – by some hail too. Whilst the official harvest volumes are not yet available, the harvest was generally down by about 25% - more in the south, less in the crus of the north - and that was the principal driver here. I note that in this vintage the wines were showing much less ‘fruit-forward’ in style than their siblings in other recent vintages. I find a number of excellent wines but I have also noted many, many fewer ‘bravo’ wines than in other vintages - only 3 - but it would be remiss of me not to point out the very short timeline from harvest to my tasting glass this year – certainly much less elevage than was afforded to the earlier harvests of the previous 5-6 years. 2021 and the most recent vintages: I've done this tasting since the 2017 vintage, and whilst the recent quality from Grower Nouveau has been on a much higher level than I can ever recollect - and with much more consistency too - 2021 is certainly a step back in terms of concentration, if not their acid-driven intensity - 2021 brings a lighter style which works much better with the Beaujolais Villages wines - 6-12 months of patience is not mandatory in this vintage. I have noted many fewer 'Bravo!' wines than in other tastings but there remain many excellent, quite delicious, wines: Vintage 2017 - a warm, clean, early vintage – one hailstorm excepted – but low yielding. The best wines were excellent and the quality was consistent Vintage 2018 - a warm clean and again an early vintage but with many higher-yielding places where the producers allowed. I observed significant quality differences in the samples - I largely attributed this to big swings in yields. Vintage 2019 - another warm vintage with harvesting a little later but because of both frost and hail, yields were cut. The best wines were of high quality and the consistency was intermediate to 2017 and 2018. Vintage 2020 - a warm clean vintage with consistently below-average yields. The best wines, once again, show high quality and a consistency that's at least as good as seen in the 2017s. The wines are relatively powerful and well constructed, the 'villages' wines generally need a little patience but are consistently excellent - a vintage you can blind buy domaine wines! Vintage 2021 - A vintage of frost, hail in places, and much lower yields - the cooler, wetter weather requiring more grape triage but this resulted in wines that are clean and attractive with good acidity - perhaps more elegantly proportioned than the most recent vintages with a stronger spine of acidity rather than tannin to support them. Link to previous tastings. I like this tasting - not particularly for its length or nouveau specificity but rather because it's quite an accurate snapshot of how, in general, the next vintage will show when released in another 6-12 months... And in the order tasted, my 'excellent wine' picks for this year? Of course, all were tasted blind: 2021 Frederic Berne, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 Collin-Bourisset, Beaujolais Nouveau ‘à ta cuvée à la con’ 2021 Vins Aujoux, Beaujolais Nouveau ‘Le Cochon Chic’ 2021 Père Benoit, Beaujolais Nouveau ‘Tchin’ 2021 Domaine de Solémy, Beaujolais Nouveau Vieilles-Vignes 2021 Jean Loron, Beaujolais Nouveau ‘Tradition Vielles-Vignes’ 2021 Famille Girin, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 Domaine de Loyse - Cellier de St.Jean d’Ardières, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 Château de Pizay, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 Henry Fessy, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 P Ferraud et Fils, Beaujolais Nouveau 2021 Famille Chasselay, Beaujolais Nouveau ‘La Marduette’ 2021 P Ferraud et Fils, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2021 Vignobles Jambon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Pure’ 2021 Pierre Dupond, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Seconde Nature’ 2021 Château de l’Eclair, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2021 Château de Chatelard, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Vintage’ 2021 Cave du Château des Loges, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Les Trois Madones, Sans Souffre’ 2021 Domaine de la Madone, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Pérréoneissime’ 2021 Domaine Burnichon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2021 Besson Père et Fils, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Tu m’fais tourner la tête’ 2021 Les Jeunes Pousses, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Préambule’ 2021 Château de Lavernette, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Le Jeune’ And the medals for those lonely 'Bravo!' wines - the best of this tasting: 2021 Jean Loron, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘In Jules we Trust’ 2021 Manoir de Carra Sambardier, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Vieilles-Vignes 2021 Manoir de Carra Sambardier, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau ‘Dame Nature’ Here's hoping that you can actually find some of these! Click below to see the full notes for over 100 wines:   Read More

Comtesse de Chérisey – 2019

By billn on December 24, 2020

Tasted with Laurent Martelet in Blagny, 08 October 2020. Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey 4 bis, Hameau de Blagny 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 9 66 89 59 40 www.domainecomtessedecherisey.com More reports for Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey Laurent on the… Read More

2020 Beaujolais Nouveau

By billn on November 12, 2020 #annual laurels#beaujolais

Beaujolais Nouveau 2020
Or primeurs as the French, so often, refer to them. 162 wines, tasted blind in deepest Beaujolais, 04 November 2020: 2020 is the next in a series of warm vintages in the Beaujolais; it was frost-free in the Springtime and there was practically no hail in the Summer either. If there was to be one problem it was the dryness - some areas were described by locals as 'being on the limit.' Yet when it came to the harvest they had good, clean, grapes - even those with quite high degrees of potential alcohol. The final figures are not yet available for the yields in 2020 but the current expectation is for volumes that are below the average due to the aforementioned dryness. If that turns out to be the case, I won't be at all surprised. 2020 and the most recent vintages: I've done this tasting since the 2017 vintage, and whilst the recent quality from Grower Nouveau is on a much, higher level than I can ever recollect - and with much more consistency too - it seems to me that yields go a long way to defining what you will find in a bottle of Nouveau. I'm certain that it's not particularly from the perspective of absolute quality that yields show themselves but rather from the perspective of the consistency of the observed quality where they play their role. Some people will always go to the maximum allowed - 65 hl/ha - whilst others are quite happy with 45 - or less: Vintage 2017 - a warm, clean, early vintage – one hailstorm excepted – but low yielding. The best wines were excellent and the quality was consistent Vintage 2018 - a warm clean and again an early vintage but with many higher-yielding places where the producers allowed. I observed significant quality differences in the samples - I largely attributed this to big swings in yields. Vintage 2019 - another warm vintage with harvesting a little later but because of both frost and hail, yields were cut. The best wines were of high quality and the consistency was intermediate to 2017 and 2018. Vintage 2020 - a warm clean vintage with consistently below-average yields. The best wines, once again, show high quality and a consistency that's at least as good as seen in the 2017s. The wines are relatively powerful and well constructed, the 'villages' wines generally need a little patience but are consistently excellent! NB Given the early harvest in 2020, these wines have seen nearly an extra month of ageing - that's 33% more! - than would be the case for a, more traditional, late-September harvest. In 2020 you can almost blind-buy Beaujolais-Villages-Nouveau as they are overwhelmingly excellent, less-so Beaujolais Nouveau but still with some confidence. Of course, if you don't want to gamble, try the list further below. And the market? Of course, it’s a nightmare time to have an en-primeur campaign in 'mid-lockdown' but judging by the number of trucks on French roads, logistics still seem to be effective. It's (still) a very important slice of the region's sales for these primeurs - Japan representing the largest export market after the US, Canada, Switzerland and then the UK. About 46% of the production was exported from France in 2019, when Nouveau accounted for nearly 30% of all the sales from Beaujolais - about 21 million bottles - and that now includes 2 million bottles of rosé too! So how are the wines? One week before the big day, here is my list of 21 goto wines from 162 tasted 04 November 2020: 2020 Beaujolais Nouveau: 2020 Fellot Emmanuel, Vieilles-Vignes 2020 Château de L’Eclair 2020 Coquard Christophe 2020 Famille Chasselay, La Marduette 2020 Jean Loron, Tradition Vieilles Vignes 2020 Domaine Girin 2020 Trenel 2020 Chandesais, Petit Marcel 2020 Domaine Perroud Robert, Vieilles-Vignes 2020 Les Vins Aujoux 2020 Beaujolais Villages Nouveau: 2020 Domaine Nesme Mickael 2020 Famille Chevrier 2020 Colonge André et Fils, N°1 Gasby Gamay 2020 Fessy Henry, Tradition 2020 Domaine Lagneau 2020 Domaine des Fournelles - Dumontet Guillaume 2020 Lacondemine Jérôme, Coeur de Raisin 2020 Domaine Monternot Les Jumeaux 2020 Dubost Jean Paul, Beaujolais Lantignié 2020 Cave du Château des Loges, Les Trois Madones 2020 Boudeau Nicolas Click below to see the full notes for all 162 wines:   Read More

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