1986 henri rebourseau mazis-chambertin + frank schoonmaker
Hardly a star performer and for years, this case of half bottles from auction could have been a monumental faux pas. Yet bottle number one was quite tasty – if not something to get carried away about. Interesting that the latest labels of the domaine have defected to the… 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
a few recent wines…
See, it’s not always foggy in the Autumn! – Volnay, looking down over the Clos des Ducs All these wines (over the last 12-14 days showed well. I won’t re-bore you with notes for either the Château Thivin or the Gauthier Montmains as they are practically house… Read More
Henri Richard – 2019
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Guillaume Berthier, 28 April 2021. Domaine Henri Richard 75 Route de Beaune 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 9 62 08 00 17 www.domainehenririchard.com More reports with Domaine Henri Richard I’ve followed the wines from here since the… Read More
les wines de la ouikend…
Starting with an old friend with the William Fevre 2017 Chablis – highly dependable and delicious. The David Croix’s 2011 Santenay Clos Rousseau from Camille Giroud; such a highly drinkable and indeed relatively powerful wine for 2011 – very impressive depth and finishing interest here. The Rebourseau 2018… Read More
Online – Burgundy Report, March 2018
It’s a couple of days late – sorry about that – but now online is my March report for subscribers: Included in this issue are the wines of over 50 domaines – about 40 of which are new names to the report. The domaines cover the full… Read More
2016 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 November, 2017. This was the seventh presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The format was the… Read More
2017 harvest – 15 september
Nuits St.Georges – almost a double rainbow 5 minutes later… Today was more like April – despite a dry forecast – the showers came blustery and sometimes heavy. There was even hail at lunchtime at Gevrey rail-station – but the localised nature of these squalls seems to have… Read More
Henri Richard – Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Sarah and Guillaume Bastien, 17 July 2015. Domaine Henri Richard 75 Route de Beaune 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 9 62 08 00 17 www.domainehenririchard.com In 1938, Jean Richard, a former cooper, bought the family’s first parcels of vines in Gevrey-Chambertin… Read More