Wednesday September 7 – my Burgundy harvest day number 8
Oof! This was a day to remember – or better still, forget! Today we almost exclusively triaged ‘Bourgogne.’ Both our colours of Bourgogne (Bourgogne Côte d’Or) come from the same sector as our Chorey-Blanc that had been affected by hail – only here was a little worse. Our first two… Read More
rounding up some recent bottles…
I have been lacking in my ‘home bottle’ notes of recent, mainly because I’ve been drinking plenty of my ‘home’ wines – ie ones that you’ve already seen too often in these pages – but here are a few different ones: 2020 Ardhuy, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Chaumes… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… 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
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
Profile: Domaine du Clos des Poulettes
Tasted in Corgoloin with Hélène Michaut, 13 March 2020. Domaine du Clos des Poulettes 103 grande rue 21700 Corgoloin Tel: +33 3 80 62 98 02 www.poulette.fr With a few name changes – some more modest than others – here is a… Read More
‘getting through’ the weekend with…
2009 Ardhuy, Corton Clos du Roi Less colour than the Renardes. Here there’s a little obvious whole-cluster in the… Read More
recalcitrant renardes…
Blind-tasted, this was a very highly-rated wine back in 2013 – another from Ardhuy actually won the tasting – I’ll open that one on Friday. 2009 Ardhuy, Corton Renardes This has a great nose; starting faintly creamy (lactic), with deliciously inviting dark cherry… Read More
a little gjpv tasting…
Tasted Friday 17 November in Ladoix… Back row: Charles-Édouard Drouhin, François Berthenet, David Cachat, François Ambroise. Front row: Alice Rion, Chloé Chevalier, Claude Nadeau. A little post-2017 Trophy tasting, afternoon de-stressing with ex-laureats of the GJPV Trophy: 2016 Thierry Drouin, Macon-Vergisson La Roche… Read More