Blind Echézeaux – 16 wines
All tasted blind in Zürich with JF Guyard, 09 March 2015. Our wines were served in flights of 3, mainly, after which the identity of each 3 (or 4!) were shown. Quite an eclectic range of wines as we all contributed bottles from our own cellars –… Read More
a yorkshire lunch
Tuesday 14th April @ Sous le Nez in Leeds A few old pals got together; 3 from Yorkshire plus a proud Lancastrian and an innocent bystander from Switzerland! We didn’t have a theme, and I was handicapped by only having the wines that I thought might be ‘useful’… Read More
Laroche – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Sandrine Audegond and Grégory Viennois, 15th January 2015. Domaine Laroche L’Obédiencerie 22 rue Louis Bro 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 89 00 www.larochewines.com Gregory on 2013: “Triage was important but we ended up with about 35 hl/ha:… Read More
Jean-Paul et Benoit Droin – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Benoit Droin, 14th January 2015. Domaine Jean-Paul et Benoit Droin 8 Boulevard de Ferrières 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 16 78 www.jeanpaul-droin.fr Benoit Droin on the 2013s: “A small harvest – minus 30%. It was because of the… Read More
Patrick Puize – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Patrick, 14th January 2015. Patrick Piuze 25 rue Emile Zola 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 85 73 www.patrickpiuze.com Patrick, Canadian by birth has worked at a few addresses in Burgundy, including Verget, Olivier Leflaive and Jean-Marc Brocard – eventually… Read More
William Fevre – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Didier Seguier, 13th January 2015. Domaine William Fèvre 21, avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 98 98 98 www.williamfevre.com Didier on 2013: “A 40-50% lower harvest, and that was despite starting early and avoiding the post rain botrytis… Read More
Domaine du Colombier – 2013
Tasted in Chablis with Thierry Mothe, 7th January 2015. Le Domaine du Colombier 42 Grand Rue 89800 Fontenay-prés-Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 15 04 www.chabliscolombier.com Thierry on 2013… “The wines are generous, but a hint less Chablis due to a little less acidity. Read More
Marchand-Tawse – 2013
Tasted with Amandine Terrier in Nuits, 8th December 2014 Unfortunately Pascal was under the weather, but Amandine stepped into the breach. There are no significant price increases for 2013s, after the 2012s, despite much less yield in 2013. Yileds here were particularly low in Gevrey due to the poor… Read More
Georges Noellat – 2013
Tasted in Vosne with Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse (yes, from Bordeaux!) 26th November, 2014. Domaine Georges Noëllat 1 Rue des Chaumes 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 11 03 Maxime Cheurlin was elsewhere so we were lucky enough to be hosted by Joséphine, who is working at Georges… Read More