d’angerville 1er taillepieds 2002
2002 Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Taillepieds (From magnum) Medium, medium-plus cherry red. The nose starts in a very mineral way with hints of cedar eventually giving way to red berries and a slow build-up of coffee. The concentrated palate bursts with explosive red fruits and plenty of… Read More
2022 Burgundy – A Summary
29 March 2022: Pruning for poles – En Echalas – the new vogue… Just one summary? For central Burgundy – ie before I visit Chablis and Beaujolais – yes, just one. In the years that you’ve paid me to write these annual reports, this is the first time that I’ve… Read More
Bruno Colin – 2021
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet, 18 July 2023 with Bruno Colin. Domaine Bruno Colin 3 Impasse des Crêts 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 24 75 61 www.domaine-bruno-colin.com More reports with Domaine Bruno Colin On 2021: “There’s still some 2021 left but not a lot. Fortunately, 2022 brought a good volume and… Read More
2023 Harvesting…
DRC Montrachet Romanée St.Vivant Green harvesting Richebourg Well, nearly! Some are already at it but my first harvest day will be Saturday. I did a bit of a tour… Read More
weekend wines – week 2 2023
1998 Pierre Gelin, Fixin 1er Clos Napoleon The last bottle of this was pretty good, so: A pale cork but it came out in one with a satisfying pop. Unfortunately, the cork with similar (aural) performance was the d’Angerville 99 Clos des Ducs over Christmas and that… Read More
‘Sylvester’ wines…
Adequate wines, mainly, I could have chosen better – but the food was lovely… 🙂 Maison Henry, Crémant de Bourgogne A producer near Chablis Easy, pure delicious wine – exactly why I asked to buy some – lovely! Rebuy – Yes 2012 Clotilde Davenne, Chablis… Read More
just a few recent wines…
As Dan and Mike, in the comments, were interested. Here are some notes from a previous post plus some other bottles too: 2019 Berthaut-Gerbet, Bourgogne Hautes Côted de Nuits Medium-plus colour. Perfumed with dark-red fruit. Nicely sweeping lines from this middle-weight wine, a wine that was drunk in… Read More
23-Aug – Harvest 2022 – it’s warming up…
Whilst the majority of domaines are still testing grapes and not yet committing to their harvest dates, I’m virtually stalking a few domaines that have come to their 2022 harvest date decisions: Chateau Thivin – yesterday Marcel Lapierre – today Armand Heitz – today d’Angerville – today… Read More
recent wines – week 17 2022
2016 Buisson-Charles, Chablis Vaudésir Patrick Essa has been making a range of maison wines for a few years now. This was served blind and had a ripeness yet energy that made me think of the best producers in Mâconnais… Read More