La Pousse d’Or – 2016
Tasted in Volnay with Benoît Landanger and Marleen Nicot, 30 January 2018. Domaine de la Pousse d’Or 8 Rue de la Chapelle 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 24 03 www.lapoussedor.fr Benoît Landanger has been ‘in and around’ the domaine… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More
pousse d’or 1989 pommard jarollières
I just finished writing the visit report / profile for Pousse d’Or, so this seemed rather appropriate, particularly after yesterday’s wine – it almost seems planned! 1989 Pousse d’Or, Pommard 1er Jarollières Medium, medium-plus colour – certainly there… Read More
Santenay: Village Profile
There are two ways to Santenay – at least if you come from the north, and I expect that the majority of you will… The most well-trodden route of wine tourists is likely to be the road through the vines from Chassagne-Montrachet; as you travel southwards the vines rising on… Read More
2002 pousse d’or volnay 1er clos des 60 ouvrées
2002 La Pousse d’Or, Volnay 1er Clos des 60 Ouvrées Medium, medium-plus colour but quite an amber caste – I wonder how this has been stored. The fruit has a pronounced jammy aroma and some dried cranberry, eventually… Read More
Pommard: Village Profile
Pommard has an image problem. That’s a sad thing, though it seems that today’s growers have partly reaped what was sown by past generations; let’s be clear, little more than a generation ago a bottle labelled ‘Pommard’ was something of a lottery – not only from a quality perspective, but… Read More
pousse d’or 95 volnay 1er caillerets
There was a little trepidation when I opened this – the cork didn’t smell that great – but the first sniff from the glass came with a clear message “you have been drinking too much young stuff!” Wonderful aromatics. I have to say that I shy away from pulling… Read More
Puligny-Montrachet: Village Profile
At the core of the white-wine-centric Côte de Beaune are Meursault & Puligny-Montrachet. Sadly for Chassagne-Montrachet and St.Aubin, and despite the quality of their wines – the former’s grand crus included – those two villages are often relegated to the afterthoughts of consumers. Meursault was, for generations, the most sought-after… Read More
Profile: Maison Nicolas Potel (Nuits St.Georges)
UPDATE: Spring 2006 – The 2004s UPDATE: Spring 2007 – The 2005s UPDATE: Spring 2008 – The 2006s UPDATE: Summer 2009 – The 2007s and the end? Maison Nicolas Potel started life with the 1997 vintage. Much has already been said about the… Read More