Charly Nicolle – 2015
Tasted in Fleys with Lucie Thieblemont and Charly Nicolle, 06 January 2017. Domaine Charly Nicolle 17, rue des Près Giraud 89800 Fleys Tel: +33 3 86 42 80 08 www.chablis-charlynicolle.com Charly on the 2016: “Never seen a season like it in 3 generations… Read More
Domaine du Chardonnay – 2015
Tasted in Chablis with Thibault Roch, 06 January 2017. Domaine du Chardonnay Moulin du Pâtis 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 48 03 www.domaine-du-chardonnay.fr Thibault on 2016: “Frost was more of an issue on the left bank. Here we lost about 30% –… Read More
Patrick Puize – 2015
Tasted in Chablis with Patrick, 05 January 2017. Patrick Piuze 25 rue Emile Zola 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 85 73 www.patrickpiuze.com Last year I tasted with Sylvie as Patrick was having an operation on his foot – he quickly dismisses it and… Read More
Chanson Père et Fils – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Jean-Pierre Confuron, 13 December 2016. Chanson Père et Fils 10 Rue du Collège/r Paul Chanson 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 25 97 97 www.vins-chanson.com Jean-Pierre on 2016: “In 2 to 3 words, what was left was very nice. Chablis… Read More
Dublère – 2015
Tasted in Savigny (sort-of) with Blair Pethel, the 12 December 2016. Domaine Dublère 2 Chemin des Planchots 21420, Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 6 86 92 00 29 www.domaine-dublere.com Blair Pethel’s new winery in Savigny, is still progressing; his 2015 Chablis wines are there, and maybe the… Read More
Joseph Drouhin – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Véronique Drouhin, 10 November 2016. Maison Joseph Drouhin 7 Rue d’Enfer 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 68 88 www.drouhin.com Véronique on 2015: “Our vision on the vintage season is marked by two things; the dryness and… Read More
Caroline Colin-Morey – 2015
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Caroline Colin-Morey, 20 October 2016. Domaine Caroline Colin-Morey 4 Rue de la Murée 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 90 10 Caroline still works with the customers of her father (Jean-Marc Morey), but says that it would be nice to open some… Read More
The spectacular rise & fall of Maison Ilan
Image cite: http://maisonilan.com/ The research for this article began in mid-August 2016, following this post on the UK-based Wine-Pages internet forum. I embarked on this research from the perspective of ‘can there be smoke without fire?.’ The article itself was over 90% complete in… Read More
Digioia-Royer – 2014
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Michel Digioia, 16 February, 2016. Domaine Digioia-Royer Rue du Carré 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel:+33 3 80 61 49 58 Michel on 2014: “The volumes are ‘correct’, still below the levels of 2009, but I’m happy. There was, of-course some hail this year, but… Read More