Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2012 Mâconnais
Speed-dating – Mâcon-style. Wines tasted in the Mâconnais 22 May, 2014. I’ve been pretty critical of the 2012 white vintage in the Mâconnais. It’s full and it’s concentrated but it’s also largely lacking in acidity and the energy that this acidity brings. I’ve previously written that a smaller number of… Read More
2022 Burgundy – A Summary
29 March 2022: Pruning for poles – En Echalas – the new vogue… Just one summary? For central Burgundy – ie before I visit Chablis and Beaujolais – yes, just one. In the years that you’ve paid me to write these annual reports, this is the first time that I’ve… Read More
2019 Mâconnais
We can look at the vintage from two main perspectives: Of course, there is the weather which defines the yields, but clearly, in the end, it will be the wines who speak. The weather – ‘A far from typical year‘ Multiple factors contributed to a very low volume harvest… Read More