wines from weekend 12 2021
A fine and varied selection this weekend… 2017 Agnes et Didier Dauvissat, Chablis 1er Beauroy Elevé en fût de chêne Plenty of depth to this yellow-coloured wine. A width of sweetness – more creme-patissière than the seashore but very inviting all the same. Incisive, super attack, wide,… Read More
weekend wines, week 32 2020, & my best 1996…
All robust corks. The first three wines were from dinner on Friday, the RSV I opened on Saturday – as usual, the PX in the image was very good, but not great: 2012 Dampt Frères, Chablis Les Preuses Magnum. A strong but young-looking yellow colour. The… Read More
christmas wines, weekend wines – week 51, 2019
I haven’t yet decided (found!) which magnums will be opened on Christmas day, but I’ve found plenty of 1999 reds that I should probably attack. I’ve older whites – 1992/3 Jobards – but will probably attack some 09/10 Ramonets in the single bottle size bracket – and you?… Read More
Echézeaux – 2017
It’s not every day you get to taste more than 2 or 3 grand crus together, certainly not grand crus from Vosne-Romanée – okay, from Flagey-Echézeaux! This was an important tasting for me, because versus ‘the average,’ my tastings in November and December indicated that Echézeaux was one of… Read More
starting the week with…
1995 Jean Grivot, Nuits St.Georges 1er Roncières Plenty of colour here – of-course colour with some age! The nose is forward, pepper-spiced and even a little creosote to this complex and inviting whole – clean though, there’s no brett. Nice volume in the mouth, still with some tannin… Read More
The 1998 Burgundy Vintage – 20 years on…
I have been so looking forward to tasting these 1998s. I cut my teeth of the wines of 1993-1995 and the 1996s were the first en-primeur wines that I bought. I tasted some 1996 and 1997s in Burgundy but only started to regularly taste from cask from the 2000 vintage… Read More
weekend wines – week 19 2018
The Spiess was a cheap and super-cheerful wine with sweetness but balanced, gushing acidity – one to be careful of in the sunshine as the bottle will empty very quickly! 1996 Guy Castagnier, Clos St.Denis Bottle one – such a brutal level of TCA – I didn’t like… Read More
Clos de Vougeot – 2008-1989
The same procedure as each of the last two Grands Jours – the Syndicat of Clos de Vougeot producers pour some more mature bottles. This year there were some super interesting bottles, but they were, sadly, in the minority. Only four of these 18 bottles I would be excited… Read More
icymi…
It may not look like much, but this is Clos de Vougeot ‘Musigni’ – pictured last week… Just a few things collected in the last days: A tale of two Dujacs from Bruce Sanderson – worth a read! Andrew Jefford on Billionaire… Read More