weekend wines – week 33 2017
Dinner with friends on Friday, so no note-taking, just a ‘hazy’ memory jotted down a couple of days later… The house prosecco got the evening moving before changing gear with Chandon de Briailles’ 2007 Charlemagne which was golden coloured, smelled a little of oak, nuts, honey. The mouth showed… Read More
2 x pv
That’s PVs, not PBs – older muscles keep finding a new route to blocking the latter – but the PVs were good medicines! 1995 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Ile des Vergelesses Good colour, not overtly aged. The nose begins in very attractive fashion, with a silky smooth width of… Read More
weekend wines – week 35
Well, the 2007 Camille Giroud Cazetiers was simply brilliant; a floral-inflected fruit of freshness and purity that you rarely find in an 07. I drank this over two nights – with massive joy. The 2006 Chenu Savigny Lavières was a lighter wine – in both intensity, concentration and colour!… Read More
weekend stuff – week 27…
What a modest (quantity) weekend – clearly I was also still drinking the ‘dregs’ of all those other bottles 😉 2006 Chenu, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Aux Clous Like last week’s 06 villages, there’s a certain attractive phenolic aspect to this wine – more for the flavours than the aromas… Read More
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The best of Corton 2009 – Blind!
I tasted a range of 2009 Corton during the Grand Jours de Bourgogne in early 2012 and I thought it a terrific vintage for the hill; consistent, powerful and yet balanced. Of-course the fruit was a little riper in 2009, but I felt that suited this appellation right… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
harvest: september 27th
The home domaine was on a fruitless day – still no decision on when the Chambertin would be picked – so I accepted an invitation to help at Chandon de Briailles. The domaine has, so-far, brought in about half their fruit – all the whites are done – today we… Read More
harvest time…
At the home domaine anyway! Today was the home-team’s start (ignoring a little bourgogne blanc must, already delivered) with grapes arriving from Beaune 1er Cras, Savigny 1er Les Peuillets and Aloxe 1er Les Valozières. ‘The Boss’ notes: Honestly, it looks good – I’m surprised to be happy! I’ve… Read More