2005 dubreuil-fontaine volnay
2005 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Volnay Dark colour. Concentrated red berry – so much so it’s like a sauce reduction. Clinical, clean lines – very linear but silken. Really good intensity and even an impression of flavour! Despite the note it… Read More
2005 dubreuil-fontaine volnay
2005 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Volnay This is a very good value wine, not only is it well priced for a villages wine, as we now know it also contains a significant amount of 1er cru grapes from Carelle Sous… Read More
Profile: Domaine Dubreuil-Fontaine (Pernand)
Sat about halfway up the hillside village of Pernand-Vergelesses is the domaine of Dubreil-Fontaine. Christine is the 5th generation of the family since 1879, to run the domaine from Pernand. At 20 hectares and producing 20 different cuvées that cover all the hierarchy – it’s no small operation. Other than… Read More
2005 dubreuil-fontaine, corton-perrières
Bought, it now seems, for a ‘song’ at en-primeur time at a mere 39 Swiss francs per… 2005 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Corton-Perrières Limpid medium, medium-plus cherry red. The nose starts tight and unyielding. It slowly releases mocha/espresso high-notes and even over 2 hours remains stable without… Read More
A couple of wines…
Getting the old taste buds back into action !! 2020 Chablisienne, Chablis 1er Montmains This was great wine – pre-bottling – I ordered a dozen. After taking delivery, it was obvious from the first bottle I opened that there were pyrazines in here though – shit! This… Read More
a small bottle download…
weekend wines, week 34 2023
Well, that’s settled – my harvest in Beaune starts on Thursday 8th September. Now back to the wines 😉 2014 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Corton-Charlemagne A fine looking natural cork from Trescases Oops – but that’s a deep colour – plenty of brown here. The nose is obviously oxidative,… Read More
weekend 45 2022…
I missed telling you about a couple of nice ones at the weekend: 2017 Roland Lavantureux, Chablis Vauprin Plenty of colour here but there’s not even a hint of anything oxidative. Broad and fresh with a little caramel padding – the oak is still visible in this… Read More
weekend #31 2021 – some wines…
Three winners this weekend… 2008 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Corton Clos du Roi Hmm, this is a 2008 but one with no lack of aromatic depth or concentration. There’s the first impression of some sous-bois in the mix together with a beautiful floral width – that’s lovely. In the mouth… Read More