Caroline Colin-Morey – 2016
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Caroline Colin-Morey, 07 November 2017. Domaine Caroline Colin-Morey 4 Rue de la Murée 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 90 10 In 2017 Caroline’s domaine increased to 7 hectares of vines, 35% of the domaine is now red, with wines from Santenay,… Read More
2020 White Burgundy – Part 2
2020 Whites Part 1: Mâconnais – October 2021 2020 Whites Part 2: Côte d’Or – November 2021 (this report) 2020 Whites Part 3: Chablis – Jan 2022 (so coming soon) Meursault, 25 May 2020 – the flowering already done in the chardonnay…… Read More
harvesting 2021 – and now the start…
The crémant producers of ‘central Burgundy’ are now picking grapes and despite the rain of yesterday, today and tomorrow, the domaines are about to start too. Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey will begin his harvest on Friday. I will be starting mine, in Beaune, on Saturday – and our domaine will… Read More
2019 White Burgundy – Part 2
Part 1: 2019 Mâconnais – Sept 2020 Part 2: 2019 Côte d’Or – Oct 2020 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2021 02 April 2019 – before the frost… What about the 2019 whites? Delicious, sensuous, tactile wines… 2019 is a year… Read More
another week’s inquisition…
My many thanks for the vigneron(ne)s that put up with my questions this week – once-more, many covetable wines for sure, you’ll have to subscribe to hear about the bad ones 😉 Purely alphabetically, domaines: Chanzy Jean-Philippe Fichet Fontaine-Gagnard Jean-Noel Gagnard André Goichot… Read More
midweek wines – week 27 2018
With the help of friends: 1996 Pierre Matrot, Meursault-Charmes I had modest expectations – and they were met! The… Read More
The 1985 Red Vintage – today
The 1985s: a modern-day look at 1985 grand crus together with a 2005 selection of Chevalier/Montrachet apetisers… It’s definitely not every year that you get to look back at a properly mature vintage, and in enviable grand cru depth too, but it seems to me that 1985 is worthy of… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
pycm 2008 rully les cailloux
What a great way to start the weekend! 2008 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, Rully Les Cailloux Medium lemon yellow. Wide, fresh and perhaps a little of CO2 gives it a an aromatic lift – yes, there’s some gas at the… Read More