ICYMI* – a few of my favourite things from 2017 – including the general
*In Case You Missed it… My favourite short sketch: The General… [winemaker 1]You know, we have have a pet-name for winemaker 2, we call him the General… [me]And why do you call him the General? [winemaker 1]Because he puts all the medals he wins on the… Read More
some christmas bottles…
1997 Bouchard Père et Fils Le Corton My last bottle of this – during The September Report’s look at 1997s, 20 years on – was completely corked. This cork, looks fine but was as hard as concrete – still, had it protected not corrupted the wine this time?… Read More
Profile: Sylvain Cathiard
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Sébastien Cathiard, 05 December 2017. Domaine Sylvain Cathiard 20 Rue de la Goillotte 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 62 36 01 Sébastien is the 4th generation of this domaine, Sylvain in the domaine name is his father. The first generation of… Read More
christmas magnums…
Only because he’s a friend, and you might be able to get your hands on some, here’s a Christmas in magnums offer received today. There will be no kick-backs (he doesn’t know that I’ve posted this) as I already have my Christmas magnums prepared: 1992 Francois Jobard, Meursault… Read More
2 (assorted) echézeaux…
1998 François Lamarche, Echézeaux A fresh, intense nose with a very good fruit flavour but it quickly becomes ever-more herbal – borderline unpleasant. Plenty of modest rasp from the tannin – but the grain is clearly fading. A bit… Read More
Clos de Vougeot 2011 – blind tasted…
Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… Read More
Mark’s harvest: Vendange Day 4 – p.m Negoce !
ARLAUD VENDANGE – Day 4 (pm), Thurs 18th Sept 2014 Bonjour, tout le monde, sorry for the delayed re-appearance of notes, thoughts etc from Morey – we’ve been working like slaves and, despite best intentions any number of times, my journalistic desires (if one can call it that) have just… Read More
Georges Mugneret-Gibourg – 2012
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Marie-Andrée Mugneret, 18 May, 2014. I started my visit with a view out of the back-door of the domaine, looking over their vines towards the ‘Route-Nationale.’ This is where 80% of the grapes come from for their ‘Villages Vosne’ cuvée, another 15% comes from near Nuits… Read More
GJB: Echézeaux – 2012
A range of 2012 Echézeaux, tasted with their producers in Vougeot, 17 March, 2014. Can you imagine the disappointment on my face when I reached the tasting station of Joseph Drouhin, having seen their magnum – only at the last moment to realise it was actually Grands-Echézeaux –… Read More