Pattes Loups – 2013
Tasted in Courgis with Thomas Pico, 9th January 2015. Domaine Pattes Loups Grande rue Nicolas Droin 89800 Courgis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 38 www.pattes-loup.com Thomas speaks very fast – I have to admit I have problems to understand – but I found it… Read More
Les Pinot Blacks
Tasted in Courgis with Bruno Verret & Thomas Pico, 11 May 2021. The Irancy of Les Pinots Blacks was, by a long margin, my favourite wine from my tasting of 2019 Irancy – it’s also a rather interesting story: Les Pinot Blacks produced their first wine in 2017 and it… Read More
2019 White Burgundy – Part 3 – Chablis
Part 1: 2019 Mâconnais – Sept 2020 Part 2: 2019 Côte d’Or – Oct 2020 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2021 Chablis 6pm 17-January 2019 “An average yielding vintage – less in the 1ers and grand crus, more… Read More
2018 Chablis – What a surprise!
Our basic starting point for surprise is the harvest in 2018; growers suggest only days before they harvested, that they thought that there would be ‘not much juice.’ If we are comparing to 2017 where some domaines pressed hard and actually didn’t get much juice, that might be fair –… Read More
Vocoret – 2014
Tasted in Chablis with Patrice Vorcoret, 11 January 2016. Domaine Vocoret et Fils 40 Route d’Auxerre 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 12 53 www.domaine-vocoret.com There have been Vocorets noted in Chablis since at least 1740. One Edouard Vocoret began buying vineyards and his… Read More