Vincent Paindavoine – 2022
Tasted with Vincent in Vosne-Romanée 08 December 2023. Domaine Vincent Paindavoine Rue des Grands Crus 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 12 43 Vincent’s Instagram www.vincentpaindavoine.com I’m indebted to Christophe Deola of Louis Latour fame, who gave me the nod on this new producer in Vosne-Romanée. A new producer… Read More
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1 – The Côte de Beaune
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) The Côte de Beaune – November 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 2: The Côte de Nuits – December 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2022 Clos des Cortons – Faiveley – 6 weeks after the frost What about the 2021 reds… Read More
The 162nd Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction
Last Sunday, the sale of the 162nd edition of the Hospices de Beaune wine auction – the oldest charity wine auction – delivered a total of €31 million including all the auction fees. The last two years’ sales, which were affected by covid-restrictions and covid-postponements, were but a memory… Read More
Le Corton of Bouchard Père – A Vineyard Profile
Le Corton, visited with Fred Weber, Summer 2022… High on the hill of Corton, facing directly to the east and highly visible from the Route Nationale sits the area of Le Corton. This area of vines has long been easy to point out because of the large tree and the… Read More
Wednesday September 7 – my Burgundy harvest day number 8
Oof! This was a day to remember – or better still, forget! Today we almost exclusively triaged ‘Bourgogne.’ Both our colours of Bourgogne (Bourgogne Côte d’Or) come from the same sector as our Chorey-Blanc that had been affected by hail – only here was a little worse. Our first two… Read More
this week’s wines, including ‘Who is the new Domaine René Engel?’
Dinner with friends in Pommard and some lovely, eclectic, wines. The first bottle was a lovely 2011 Comtes Champagne – with some lovely menthol aromatic complexity. Then came the: 2012 Fontaine-Gagnard, Le Montrachet Deeper colour and the first nose was more monolithic – some sulfur-reduction hardening things… Read More
largely, weekend wines – week 14 2022…
Travelling in Burgundy this week – but to places such as southern Beaujolais, Châteauneuf, Château Commarin, Flavigny and others – rather than domaine visits – but there will be some images posted over the weekend. Also, a week, largely, away… Read More
Vincent Girardin – 2020
Tasted with Eric Germain in Meursault, 27 October 2021. Domaine Vincent Girardin “Les Champs Lins” BP 48 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 20 81 00 http://www.vincentgirardin.com More reports with Domaine Vincent Girardin Eric on 2021: “There’s not a… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More