Côte Chalonnaise Blanc – 2016
Tasted at the BIVB Technical Centre in Beaune, 30 May 2018. All the wines were tasted blind, only matching the name to wine a couple of weeks later. An exercise that puts on show my full confidence in the 2016 vintage – the Côte Chalonnaise has fully delivered… Read More
Profile: Dugat-Py
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Loïc Dugat-Py, 21 November 2017. Domaine Bernard Dugat-Py Rue de Planteligone 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 51 82 46 www.dugat-py.com This is an old Gevrey domaine, and Loïc Dugat-Py is the thirteenth generation of the family to… Read More
Poisot Père et Fils – 2016
Tasted in Aloxe-Corton with Remi Poisot, 20 November 2017. Domaine Poisot Père & Fils 14 Avenue Charles Jaffelin 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 16 91 www.domaine-poisot.fr Remi Poisot has a new home in Aloxe-Corton – there’s a lot of… Read More
Albert Morot – 2015 revisted
Tasted in Beaune with Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry, 6 June 2017. Domaine Albert Morot 20 Avenue Charles Jaffelin 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 35 39 I visited Geoffroy back in November, but his 2015s were so backward (still with malo and lots of gas)… Read More
2015 Givry…
There are some very tasty wines here, and some that need more patience – I would have hoped for a slightly better result given the vintage, but, still, some very good wines here. First the villages, and generally they are certainly more attractive today than the 1er cru counterparts:… Read More
weekend wines, week 10 2017
Yes, it was a little Côte de Beaune-y this weekend. I’m thinking that this year I should really attack my 1996s and 1997s – I’ll leave the 1995s and 1998s a little longer. Maybe I’ll do those latter wines in more constructive blocks, rather than as weekend wines –… Read More
Poisot Père et Fils – 2015
Tasted in Aloxe-Corton with Remi Poisot, 29 November 2016. Domaine Poisot Père & Fils 14 Avenue Charles Jaffelin 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 16 91 www.domaine-poisot.fr Remi on 2016: “2016? It was all over the place! I lost 70% in Corton-Charlemagne,… Read More
Albert Morot – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry, 16 November 2016. Domaine Albert Morot 20 Avenue Charles Jaffelin 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 35 39 Albert Morot was a negoce, but bought their own vines in late 1800s. Today they have 8ha but virtually… Read More
Rully – 2013 blancs
I guess, when so spread-out through many, many separate visit reports, it may not have been easy for subscribers to string together my general enthusiasm for 2013 Rully blancs – but for me it became a theme of quite some consistency when tasting these vintage whites – much more… Read More