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
2007 Whites…
Before the arrival of the 2014 vintage, 2007 was my gold-standard, my reference point for what whites could deliver – but not at all levels! The issue with 2007 was the with the lower appellation wines – many were too acidic – very drinkable and fresh on release, but they… Read More
Pierre Amiot – two verticals…
Tasted with the Swiss importer, Alex Nussbaumer via Vinifera-Mundi, in Zürich, 28 September 2015. Domaine Pierre Amiot et Fils 27 Grande Rue 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 34 34 28 www.domainepierreamiot.fr Domaine Pierre Amiot is an 8 hectare domaine in Morey… Read More
three fine chassagne blanc 1ers from 2011…
First ski days of the new season with friends – I brought three bottles – one per night, right? Oh dear! Well at least there were three of us, so it was ‘only’ one bottle each. Brilliant opportunity to properly compare and contrast though! 2011 Morey-Coffinet, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er La… Read More
a nine bottle evening
With beouf bourguignone, a really interesting set of wines – the Thomas Frères wines coming from an undisturbed Zürich cellar. Wines were served blind… 1966 Thomas Frères, Tastevinage Cote de Nuits Villages Pronounced, wild aromatics – you have the impression that this could be a young ‘natural’ wine. The… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More
prince florent de merode 2008 ladoix chaillots
Actually, on checking, I’m astounded to see that this cost only £60 for 6 IB when purchased en-primeur (check Howard Ripley on the blue below). Cheaper, but magnificently better wine, than probably all Bourgognes… 2008 Prince Florent de Merode, Ladoix Les Chaillots… Read More
Random ruminations…
The Market A trade source tells me that there are significant quantities of 2003, 2004 and 2006 that are still in the ‘pipeline’, and with hardly any 2007s sold, the coming 2008 en-primeur campaign could be very messy – that’s before you factor-in whether January will still be too… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping and spitting; these wines were really drunk and predominantly at home with food and friends between November 2004 and March 2005. I started 2005 with a few 1999 Vosne 1ers – usually very good, occasionally fabulous. Plenty of 2002’s that are very nice, but aren’t quite so… Read More