L’Épicurieux – 2019
Tasted in Régnié-Durette with Sébastien Congretel, 25 February 2021. Domaine L’Épicurieux 178 rue du bourg 69430 Régnié-Durette Tel: +33 6 33 56 47 55 facebook.com/epicurieuxbojo/ More reports for Domaine L’Épicurieux Sébastien on 2019: “It’s a year that… Read More
Profile: Domaine L’Épicurieux
Tasted in Régnié-Durette with Charlotte & Sébastien Congretel, 21 February 2020. Domaine L’Épicurieux 178 rue du bourg 69430 Régnié-Durette Tel: +33 6 33 56 47 55 facebook.com/epicurieuxbojo/ This is a young domaine – extant since 2016. Sébastien says that they actually sold… Read More
Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
Profile: Château du Basty
Tasted in ‘Bastys’ with Quentin Perroud, 19 February 2019. Château du Basty Lieu-dit Le Bastys 4412 route de Saint Joseph 69430 Lantignié Tel: +33 4 74 04 85 98 www.chateaudubasty.com This domaine is ‘addressed’ as Lantignié, but it’s a world away… Read More
weekend wines – week 8 2019
A lovely, diverse, selection this weekend: 2014 Yvon et Laurent Vorcoret, Chablis 1er Fourchaume Still relatively modest colour. A nose that, after the Italian, is clearly… Read More
week 8 2018 – weekend wines
Friday night with some of the Commanderie de Calgary saw 2x 2015 whites and a 2014 red. My short recollections are that we started with a Lamy St.Aubin 1er Clos de la Chatenière which was taut and fine – very lovely wine. The second was Alex Gambal’s St.Aubin 1er… Read More