Am I becoming an amphore-bore?
The red wine that I loved the most from the 2015 vintage was Domaine de la Pousse d’Or’s Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets – but not the standard cuvee – rather it was the wine that was raised in an 800 litre amphora. That small cuvee had a clarity and… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! These wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between November 2005 and March 2006… Corkwatch: 3 from 66 = 4.5% for ‘corked’ REGIONAL WINES 2002 Domaine de l’Abbeye du Petit Quincy, Bourgogne Epineuil Cuvée Juliette A… Read More
du Couvent – 2022
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Philippe Chéron, pictured with son Paul (right), 08 December 2023. Domaine du Couvent 11 rue de l’ancien Hôpital 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 34 30 30 www.domaineducouvent.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine du Couvent / Varoilles Philippe on 2023: “Well, if you can’t be… Read More
2017 Red Burgundy Report
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More
And 2015? – nearly 50 wines now bottled
Nice to see how the bottled wines now look – plenty of truly great reds, though much harder to find great whites – seemingly more success by domaine than by particular wines in the whites! The whites: 2015 De Villaine, Bouzeron A modest nose, quite tight. Full, saline, slowly… Read More
to plough or to mulch…
Another interesting lactuduvin article – here on Pousse d’Or and the art of mulching. Or, if you prefer, a google translation. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in… Read More
Clerget – 2015
Tasted in Volnay with Thibaud Clerget, 03 February 2016. Domaine Clerget 12 Rue de la Combe 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 61 56 www.domaine-clerget.com Since 1268 there have been Clergets in Volnay/Pommard, Thibaud says that he’s the newest one! This… Read More
Christophe Thilloux
Tasted in Volnay with Christophe Thilloux, 02 February 2016. Domaine Christophe Thilloux 4 rue de la Chapelle Volnay +33 3 80 21 28 59 This is a 4.5 hectare, family domaine, set just up the road from the Pousse d’Or. The domaine was started by Christophe’s grandfather… Read More
week 05 2016 – the first of february’s volnay visits
Le portraits…. So for commentors, Woody and Joost, you will be able to see the reports of these visits in my February 2016 issue of Burgundy Report, here. Published about the end of March. The first weeks visits to vignerons who live in… Read More