a weekend wine…
Friday is the weekend – right? 2010 François Mikulski, Volnay 1er Santenots du Milieu Wow – the 2010s just keep giving! Apart from the occasional over-oaked wine they are just so consistently good. There are few high or floral tones here but that’s compensated by aromas that are… Read More
Latour-Giraud – 2020
Tasted in Meursault with ‘Mr Genevrières’ Jean-Pierre Latour, 18 October 2021 Domaine Latour-Giraud 6 Route D974 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 21 43 www.domaine-latour-giraud.com More reports with Domaine Latour-Giraud Jean-Pierre on 2021: “7-8 hl/ha ha this year… But… Read More
Marthe Henry – 2019
Tasted in Meursault with Marthe Henry Boillot, 01 October 2020. Marthe Henry 3 Rue du Leignon 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 6 30 36 22 99 www.marthehenryboillot.com I first met Marthe, in passing, when she came to interview David Croix during a previous harvest… Read More
‘getting through’ the weekend with…
2009 Ardhuy, Corton Clos du Roi Less colour than the Renardes. Here there’s a little obvious whole-cluster in the… Read More
Profile: Latour-Giraud
Tasted in Meursault with Jean-Pierre Latour, 23 October 2019 Domaine Latour-Giraud 6 Route D974 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 21 43 www.domaine-latour-giraud.com Domaine Latour-Giraud has been located in these buildings on the route nationale in Meursault since the 1830s. The origins of the… Read More
weekend wines and pics – week 28 2019
Hmm, not really ‘grand’ wines, but plenty of delicious wines! The first two from ‘the list’ in Beaune’s The Publican pub: Nicolas Maillet’s 2016 – was just a great wine, and cheaper on the wine-list than the Bourgogne Blanc of… Read More
audras 2009 juliénas presitige
2009 Vincent Audras, Juliénas Prestige Lots of colour here – and younger colour than the previous 2010 from Mikulski! The nose starts really rather uninteresting which is in stark contrast to the palate which is bold, energetic and sweetly ripe-fruited. An hour is needed for the nose to… Read More
marko’s 2018 vendange – le wrap-up…
Arlaud (Post) Vendange Conclusions, Friday 14th September 2018 – Sunday 16th September 2018 As my Paulee note concluded I slept a sleep of the very tired, up late, ageing vendangeur on Thurs night/Friday morning, shocking myself, as a normally very light sleeper, by only coming ‘to’ circa 7.00 a.m. to… Read More
pierre boillot’s 1993 volnay santenots
1993 Pierre Boillot, Volnay 1er Santentots This domaine/vines now being exploited by François Mikulski – this clearly the backend of the era where it wasn’t thought necessary to actually write ‘1er Cru’. The cork… Read More