2018 Bourgogne Côte d’Or
Bourgogne Côte d’Or is a very new label – 2017 was the first vintage. As the recognition of this new label improves, one may have expected the volume of production to rapidly increase – but in 2019 it fell back. It turns out that this was… Read More
2017 Meursault – blind
To be precise, my wish was to taste villages wines with lieu-dits on their label – such as Cromin or Tillets. There were producers who still sent anonymous Meursault cuvées, or old-vines cuvées with no other info, but as they had taken the time… In-line with the vintage… Read More
week 05 2016 – the 2nd of february’s volnay visits
This week’s rogues’ gallery 😉 Domaine Pascal Mure Domaine Buffet Domaine Christophe Vaudoisey Domaine Regis Rossignol Doamine Jean-Marc Bouley Domaine Albert Boillot Domaine Montagny Domaine Alain Billard Domaine Perrin Domaine Didier Delagrange Domaine Rossignol-Cornu Domaine… Read More
GJB: Pommard 1er Cru – 2012
Pommard premier crus (almost exclusively!) from 2012, all tasted on 21 March, 2014 in Pommard. Really great strength in-depth here. Some of the best from this village that I’ve ever experienced… 2012 Vaudoisey-Creusefond, Pommard Les Charmots Deep, a super,… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
prince florent de merode 2008 ladoix chaillots
Actually, on checking, I’m astounded to see that this cost only £60 for 6 IB when purchased en-primeur (check Howard Ripley on the blue below). Cheaper, but magnificently better wine, than probably all Bourgognes… 2008 Prince Florent de Merode, Ladoix Les Chaillots… Read More
The big round-up
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly tasted with producers at the end of March 2012 – almost 200 wines – the bulk are culled from tastings put on for the Grands Jours de Bourgogne which happens every two years. I’ll start with a selection of wines from Beaune, followed by… Read More
Pommard New & Older (…1999)
From the Grands Jours in Burgundy at the end of March, one of my favourite tastings. In the grand rooms of the Château du Pommard the local growers presented their young wines – as always there wasn’t time for me to get around the whole thing, but I think there’s… Read More