2009 partice rion chambolle 1er charmes
2009 Michel & Patrice Rion, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Charmes Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose shows a heavy musky fruit of impressive depth and quite some layers. Lovely texture that has just a hint of fat followed by a… Read More
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Ambroise – 2020
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 17 December 2021. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com More reports with Domaine Ambroise François on 2020: “Harvesting was in stages –… Read More
Ambroise – 2019
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 20 November 2020. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com More reports for Domaine Ambroise François on 2020: “Extraordinary – it’s really a… Read More
Ambroise – 2018
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 12 December 2019. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com More reports for Domaine Ambroise François on 2019: “This year no hail but a… Read More
2018 Red Burgundy Report
“You need to taste without exception what you want to buy in 2018 – it’s an oenologist’s vintage – lots of tricks were used.” Louis-Michel Liger-Belair So it’s a vintage of the sun – lots of sun – the second hottest on record after 2003, so of… Read More
Ambroise – 2017
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 12 December 2018. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com François on 2018: “2018 – we thought we’d lost a lot as we were hit twice by hail… 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
DIAM and the eventual triumph of empiricism…
A discussion of why I believe DIAM to be my closure of choice for white burgundy. For a number of years I’ve recommended here in Burgundy Report that you either drink your white burgundy young – let’s say within 3-5 years of release – or that you buy… Read More