louis max 2010 mercurey les caudroyes
2010 Louis Max, Mercurey Les Caudroyes (Blanc) A wine that instantly surprises me. The nose is fine, ripe enough but maybe just a hint saline too. In the mouth there’s a core of ripe fruit but it’s long… Read More
Profile: Maison Louis Max (Nuits)
Louis Max was established in 1859, in Beaune. The move to Nuits St.Georges came only about thirty years ago when they purchased the very impressive winery of the former Maison Chauvenet. The domaine which contributed the vines in Mercurey was bought at a similar time. The office/winery building is a… Read More
louis max 2010 gevrey clos prieur
In the last couple of years I’ve encountered the occasional bottle of Louis Max in blind tastings, and thought them rather good. Time for a closer look? 2010 Louis Max, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos Prieur Medium, medium-plus colour. Textured… Read More
Louis Michel – 2022
Tasted in Chablis with Guillaume Michel, 02 February 2024. Domaine Louis Michel 9 boulevard de Ferrières 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 88 55 www.louismicheletfils.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Louis Michel Guillaume on 2023: “I’m quite happy as I thought at one stage that it could be… Read More
The Louis Vuittonification of Burgundy
Sold!Burgundy, its market, and the big wall coming: I have to say, extreme lover of Burgundy’s wine and people as I am, I have the fear that harder times lie ahead. I hate to write notes such as this, but whilst my reports of the actual wines of 2014 are… Read More
the maximum rully…
A little more Rully, anyone? Louis Max, already with quite an interest in Mercurey, has invested in one of the neighbours… Here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens… Read More
Profile: Domaine Louis Chenu Père et Filles (Savigny-lès-Beaune)
Louis Chenu is a family domaine based in Savigny-lès-Beaune. The domaine is managed today by sisters Juliette and Caroline who took over the day-to-day management from their father Louis about 3 years ago. Juliette looks after the commercial side and Caroline the viti/viniculture. The domaine was started by Angel, the… Read More
birthday weekend
I may have taken a couple of days out of my Burgundy tasting schedule but as you might see, not all of Burgundy was taken out of my days 😉 On Friday, the only place in Switzerland that wasn’t rainy was Ticino – so we took a trip to Lugano… Read More
zu einfach – a pouilly-fuissé 2018
My May 2020 look at 2018 Pouilly-Fuissés found a surprisingly balanced and delicious range of wines – even some of the larger négoce cuvées were outstanding – Louis Max’s wine practically being my white wine ‘buy’ of the year. As we can see, it doesn’t… Read More