niellon 2004 chassagne maltroie
2004 Michel Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Clos de la Maltroie Medium-pale yellow. The nose starts deep with plenty of fresh bread and sweet pear, slowly tightens and becomes higher toned. The palate is fat and full – almost grand cru ‘oily’ – with super acidity, and penetrating… Read More
2021 White Burgundy – Part 2
2021 Whites Part 1: Mâconnais, the modern classic 2021 Whites Part 2: Côte d’Or – the modern classic (this report) 2021 Whites Part 3: Chablis – Jan 2022 (so coming soon) Bâtard-Montrachet (Chassagne side) 09 September 2021 With the first two reports online for this 2021 vintage, you now have… Read More
And 2015? – nearly 50 wines now bottled
Nice to see how the bottled wines now look – plenty of truly great reds, though much harder to find great whites – seemingly more success by domaine than by particular wines in the whites! The whites: 2015 De Villaine, Bouzeron A modest nose, quite tight. Full, saline, slowly… Read More
Olivier Leflaive – 2016
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Frank Grux, 07 November 2017. Olivier Leflaive Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 95 27 www.olivier-leflaive.com Frank on 2016: “2016 was clearly a complicated vintage. All was wet to start with – and that came… Read More
Olivier Leflaive – 2015
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Frank Grux, 14 December 2016. Olivier Leflaive Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 95 27 www.olivier-leflaive.com Frank on 2016: “2016, it was clearly a complicated vintage. All was wet to start with, and after no… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were typically drunk at home, or at organised dinners between December 2006 and March 2007. Some wines drunk with their producers are included… Read More
Chassagne-Montrachet: Village Profile
It’s still Chassagne to most people, but to give it its fuller, grander title, we should say Chassagne-Montrachet. Head up the ‘Rue Principal’ and you see before you a village dominated by the bare rock of the quarry that towers behind it. Take the sign for the village centre and… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! These wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between November 2005 and March 2006… I’ve added the following icon to each description as a link to winesearcher to help you find wines if your interest has been woken…… Read More