2015 Irancy
Time to take a look at a range of Irancy wines from the 2015 vintage – all were tasted blind in Chablis on the 23rd April 2017. The wines… Of-course it was the usual process – wines tasted blind, leaving with a sheaf of data-sheets to be consulted when… Read More
2015 Régnié
Tasted in Villefranche, 06 April 2017. The village of Régnié-Durette has less than 1,000 inhabitants and gives its name to the Beaujolais cru of Régnié. An area of 750 hectares are delimited as AOP Régnié, of which around 600 hectares are planted and further of which 428 hectares… Read More
Château Moulin à Vent – 2015
Tasted in Moulin à Vent with Eduoard Parinet, Brice Laffond, Morgane Chambriard and Jean-Jacques Parinet, 08 February 2017. Château du Moulin-à-Vent 4 Les Thorins 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 3 85 35 50 68 www.chateaudumoulinavent.com On 2016: “The vintage was complicated from the perspective… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 30 November, 2016. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com Frédéric on 2016: “2016 – simply unfair! Massive differences between different places, hail as well as frost. It’s… Read More
Chevrot – 2015
Tasted in Cheilly with Pablo Chevrot, 16 November, 2016. Domaine Chevrot et Fils 19 Route de Couches 71150 Cheilly-lès-Maranges Tel: +33 3 85 91 10 55 www.chevrot.fr Pablo on 2016: “Lots of frost in some places, though generally not too much here in… Read More
Parent – 2015
Tasted with Anne Parent in Pommard, 15 November 2016. Domaine Anne et Catherine Parent 3 rue de la Métairie 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 15 08 www.domaine-parent.com Anne on 2016: “Yum, yum! But we lost 65%! Though the largest losses were… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2015
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 14 November 2016. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark is now in his new premises, just a stone-throw away from Vougeot – well, a stone-throw if you have… Read More
Camille Giroud – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with David Croix, 07 November, 2016. Maison Camille Giroud 3 Rue Pierre Joigneaux 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 65 www.camillegiroud.com (inactive) David on 2015: “2015 – the expectations are easy – high! Potentially the very best vintage I’ve seen… Read More
harvest day 12 – 3-oct-2016
The aftermath of lots of Santenay… That was a day! And a Santenay day, at that. Our triage table started rolling at 08h30, it stopped at 19h00 – the cleaning wasn’t finished until 21h00… To be honest, it was a hard day’s work, because (at least) our parcels… Read More