weekend wines, week 20 2021
2019 Clos de la Chapelle, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Sous Frétille (Blanc) Cork, but a slightly thicker cork, I think… ooh – that’s super – not just a depth but a sweeping width of fresh citrus aroma – I am ready! Nicely mouth-filling with wine – such lovely… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
dry january’s first wines…
Dry January? Give me a break… I didn’t write notes as I tasted so let me just give you some short impressions. 2018 Chateau des Rontets, Pouilly-Fuissé Les Birbettes Plenty of colour. A nose… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2019
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 03 December, 2020. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com More reports for Maison Louis Jadot Frédéric on 2019: “Sadly not… Read More
2018 Corton
2018 Corton… Ah, Corton – I have the memory of many great bottles but rarely were those great bottles less than 25 years of age – but the times they are a changin’… The most recent vintages – say 2015 onwards – have elevated the ripeness… Read More
AOC Volnay
Map Category Communal/Village appellation since 09/09/1937. Volnay village profile Wines from this appellation can also claim the apellations (labels) of Bourgogne Côte d’Or & Bourgogne. The Volnay AOC has premier cru climats; the list shown below Commune(s) of production Côte d’Or >… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2018
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier & Amandine Brillanceau, 11 December, 2019. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com More reports for Maison Louis Jadot Frédéric on 2018:… Read More
picking grand crus already?
Just a little gratuitous grand cru imagery, as Olivier Lamy picks his Criots Bâtard-Montrachet this afternoon – 09.09.19 – almost some symmetry there! In the Côte de Beaune, there are just a few outliners who are picking reds too – for example, Volnay 1er Taillepieds by Domaine Clos de… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2017
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 13 December, 2018. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com Frédéric on 2018: “2018 was not an easy vintage. I would say unusual, or special, but it’s too… Read More