Raoul Gautherin et Fils – 2020
Tasted with Adrien Gautherin in Chablis, 06 April 2022. Domaine Raoul Gautherin et Fils 3 Avenue Aristide Briand 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 11 86 www.chablis-gautherin.com Here’s a domaine that was, historically, in the centre of Chablis but since 2017, they have new buildings between those of Domaine… Read More
basking in the sun part 2… the 2021 frost…
Basking in the sun… Part 1 It’s still much too early to properly take stock* other than to say that the frost of April 2021 – a month not yet over – was both a rare and a severely yield-limiting event. You will have to go back… Read More
66x 2019 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 25 January 2021. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the… Read More
56x 2018 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 21 January 2020. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, of new producers whose wines I haven’t already explored. A number who made wines I rated highly in the 2017 vintage were profiled for… Read More
2017 Value Whites – the BIVB’s Cave Prestige 2019…
The winners… The 48th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. Read More
Profile: Domaine de l’Enclos
Tasted in Chablis with Damien and Romain Bouchard, 03 January 2018. Domaine de l’Enclos 1 rue du Puits 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 48 29 17 I suppose that it was fitting that my first visit of this new year would be with a new domaine. Read More
Richard Rottiers – 2015
Tasted in Romanèche-Thorins with Richard Rottiers, 06 February 2017. Domaine Richard Rottiers La Sambinerie 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 6 63 38 16 35 www.domainerichardrottiers.com Richard is soon to become much busier, his mother, Lyne Marchive, is soon to retire from running Domaine… Read More
last week’s wines…
A nice mix of bottles, drunk the week before I went to Beaujolais: 2013 Clothilde Davenne, Chablis Bougros What a lovely, lovely wine. None of the overt botrytis apricot and fast development of a lot of Chablis in 2013 – yet – this was open and frankly… Read More
Richard Rottiers
Tasted in Romanèche-Thorins with a windswept Richard Rottiers, 19 May 2016. Domaine Richard Rottiers La Sambinerie 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 6 63 38 16 35 www.domainerichardrottiers.com Here is a quiet and old quarter in Romanèche-Thorins – “Yes I’m lucky to have found this place,”… Read More