weekend wines – week 10 2023
2021 Domaine Chevallier, Chablis There’s no markings – other than domaine markings – but this looks like a Nomacorc – hopefully the second generation… Here’s a super and quite broad freshness of citrus and salinity – starting riper but opening more and more ith air –… Read More
Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre – 2019
Tasted with Rémi Dufaitre in Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières, 16 March 2021. Domaine du Botheland – Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre 150 Route de Botheland 69460 Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières Tel: +33 6 33 58 86 31 More reports with Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre “The domaine’s a creation,” says Rémi… Read More
Guy Breton – 2018
Tasted with Jessie Ponsinet in Villié-Morgon 16 June 2020. Domaine Guy Breton 252 Rue Pasteur 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 4 74 69 12 67 Other reports with Guy Breton Having drunk multiple bottles – though not on the same day – of… Read More
weekend wines, week 22 2019
Week 22 – pff! – that sounds like we’re already getting close… 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
Chamonard – 2019
Tasted in Villié-Morgon with Jean-Claude Chanudet, pictured together with his wife, Geneviève Chanudet, 23 February 2021. Domaine Chamonard 585, chemin de la Grenouille, Le Clos de Lys, Corcelette, 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel : +33 4 74 69 13 97 Jean-Claude Chanudet, nicknamed the cat, comes from a… Read More