this week’s wines, including ‘Who is the new Domaine René Engel?’
Dinner with friends in Pommard and some lovely, eclectic, wines. The first bottle was a lovely 2011 Comtes Champagne – with some lovely menthol aromatic complexity. Then came the: 2012 Fontaine-Gagnard, Le Montrachet Deeper colour and the first nose was more monolithic – some sulfur-reduction hardening things… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
Clos de Vougeot – 2008-1989
The same procedure as each of the last two Grands Jours – the Syndicat of Clos de Vougeot producers pour some more mature bottles. This year there were some super interesting bottles, but they were, sadly, in the minority. Only four of these 18 bottles I would be excited… Read More
Henri Rebourseau (reprise)
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Benigne, Louis and their father, Jean de Surrel, 09 March 2018 – this year I missed the dog. Domaine Henri Rebourseau 10 Place du Monument 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 51 88 94 www.domaine-rebourseau.fr I last visited this domaine in… Read More
DIAM and the eventual triumph of empiricism…
A discussion of why I believe DIAM to be my closure of choice for white burgundy. For a number of years I’ve recommended here in Burgundy Report that you either drink your white burgundy young – let’s say within 3-5 years of release – or that you buy… Read More
just a few bottles from last week/end – week 46
“Just!” Of-course it was something of a week of spoiling ourselves – almost exclusively in the company of Marko de Morey and his wife, celebrating his 60th birthday. I’m not the biggest fan of conspicuous ‘trophy bottle’ pictures, but they are made to be drunk – and drunk they were… Read More
Jean Tardy – 2015
Tasted with Guillaume Tardy in Vosne-Romanée, 29 August 2016. Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils 46 Départementale 974, 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 11 86 Guillaume Tardy, first joined his father’s domaine in 1997 before working in Australia – he returned in 2000 and took over… Read More
Clos de Vigne au Saint – 118% Corton!
Jasper Morris’s book ‘Inside Burgundy’ describes Corton Clos de la Vigne au Saint as covering 2.46 hectares, yet, if you add up the surface areas of today’s three owners; des Croix, Louis Latour and Méo-Camuzet, you will come up with a larger number – 18% larger! The first reference… Read More
Domaine Odoul-Coquard – Morey St.Denis
Tasted in Morey with Sébastien Odoul, 14th May 2015. Domaine Odoul Coquard 64 Route des Grands Crus 21220 Morey-St-Denis Tel-Fax: +33 3 80 51 80 62 www.domaineodoulcoquard.com Last year, having the experience of tasting this domaine’s 2012s and 2013s against their peers, I rated them… Read More