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
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
2017 Chablis – An Enigma…
Why an enigma? Well, 2017 was a very precocious year – partly for that reason was so much of the potential volume lost to frost – but it wasn’t just a precocious vintage, it was a hot vintage too – a year of sunshine – and one of the… Read More
the trophy winners – burgundy’s young talents of the 2015 vintage!
This year, I was more than honoured to be asked to be a judge at the blind tastings to determine the young winemaking talents of Burgundy, 2017. Lots of new names and great wines here for you. The Groupe des Jeunes Professionels de la Vigne were running their event for… Read More
Petit Chablis 2012
Tasted in Chablis 17 April, 2014. More often than not, Petit Chablis is grown on Portlandian rock outside of the old Chablis boundaries, though that doesn’t necessarily mean it is far from much more important vines, the tops of many hills – including Grand Cru hills – are… Read More