Jean-Marc Brocard – 2013
Tasted in Préhy with Julien Brocard, 29th January 2015. Jean-Marc Brocard 3, route de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 49 00 www.brocard.fr Jean-Marc Brocard began his domain in the 1970s with just 1 hectare of vines that he rented. The domaine he… Read More
Testut – 2022
Tasted in Chablis with Cyril Testut (in the middle) 15 January 2024. Domaine Testut 38, rue des Moulins 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 45 00 www.domaine-testut.fr More reports with Domaine Testut You will find more details on why Cyril is flanked by these two Brocardians in that report. Read More
basking in the sun part 2… the 2021 frost…
Basking in the sun… Part 1 It’s still much too early to properly take stock* other than to say that the frost of April 2021 – a month not yet over – was both a rare and a severely yield-limiting event. You will have to go back… Read More
66x 2019 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 25 January 2021. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the… Read More
2018 Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons*
*Plus some sub-climats of Vaillons. The 2018 vintage across greater Burgundy has provided us with some lovely chardonnay – and in some places, the balance is far more interesting than what was achieved in certain villages for pinot noir. Not all Chablis from the 2018 vintage is classically steely and… Read More
52x 2017 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 08 January 2019. I didn’t do this tasting for the 2016 vintage because most of Petit Chablis had been badly frosted. That said, so was a lot of 2017 too! I have anyway renewed my acquaintance with this AOP… Read More
Céline et Frédéric Gueguen – 2014
Tasted in Préhy with Frédéric Gueguen, 29 January 2016. Domaine Céline et Frédéric Gueguen 31, Grande rue de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 45 06 www.chablis-gueguen.fr Céline & Frédéric Gueguen created their own domaine in 2012. Céline is the daughter… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2014
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde Davenne, 26 January, 2016. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr Clotilde Davenne was an oenologist with Jean-Marc Brocard for 17 years. In 2005 she decided… Read More
smash and grabs in chablis…
Image: Julien Brocard, 29th January 2015. The domaine of Jean-Marc Brocard was, last weekend, targeted by thieves, and not for the first time in recent days. In a ram-raid smash and grab (the domaine and its shop is remote from its home village of Préhy, about 7-8 minutes drive from… Read More