Hubert Lignier – 2019
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Laurent Lignier, 10 December 2019. Domaine Hubert Lignier 45, Grande Rue 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 51 87 40 www.hubert-lignier.com More reports for Domaine Hubert Lignier Laurent on 2020:… Read More
56x 2018 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 21 January 2020. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, of new producers whose wines I haven’t already explored. A number who made wines I rated highly in the 2017 vintage were profiled for… Read More
2018 Chablis – What a surprise!
Our basic starting point for surprise is the harvest in 2018; growers suggest only days before they harvested, that they thought that there would be ‘not much juice.’ If we are comparing to 2017 where some domaines pressed hard and actually didn’t get much juice, that might be fair –… Read More
week 38 2019 – weekend wines…
Okay, the black and white ones were Friday night, but that’s practically the weekend! 2016 Chablisienne, Chablis Grenouilles Honestly, I never used to understand why La Chablisienne would serve this cru last when I was tasting their range – I never thought it as good as the other… Read More
2017 Value Whites – the BIVB’s Cave Prestige 2019…
The winners… The 48th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. Read More
52x 2017 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 08 January 2019. I didn’t do this tasting for the 2016 vintage because most of Petit Chablis had been badly frosted. That said, so was a lot of 2017 too! I have anyway renewed my acquaintance with this AOP… Read More
weekend wines – week 44 2017 – drinking on a shoestring
Whilst the hype is on €300 million acquisitions of grand cru monopoles, €50 Bourgognes and €300+++ grand crus, there is still another way, and a very tasty, satisfying way: 2012 La Chablisienne, Chablis Les Venerables Despite the name on the label, the cork is inscribed with good-old ‘Vieilles-Vignes!’… Read More
Profile: Cave de Juliénas Chaintré (Juliénas)
Tasted in Juliénas with Isabelle Pecoud, 14 July 2017. Cave de Juliénas Chaintré Château du Bois de la salle 69840 Juliénas Tel : +33 4 74 04 42 61 www.julienaschaintre.fr The Cave Juliénas dates from 1961 – one of last to be created –… Read More
Profile: Domaine Beaufumé
Tasted in Chablis with Valérie Beaufumé, 13 January 2017. Domaine Beaufumé 5 rue des Vignes 89800 Lignorelles Tel: +33 3 86 47 56 32 There have been three generations growing the grapes of Domaine Beaufumé in Chablis, but you will be forgiven for not knowing the name,… Read More