Chateau Portier
Tasted in Moulin à Vemt with Denis Chastel-Sauzet, 12 April 2016. Château Portier 1765 Route de Moulin à Vent 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 3 85 35 59 39 What a fabulous position this domaine has, not just the ‘château,’ they also have vines all around the Moulin… Read More
Some Côte d’Or & Mâconnais 2014 whites
Tasted in Beaune at the cuverie of Champy for the DIVA distributor tasting of 2014s – easily the best tasting, with the worst glasses! 23 and 24 March 2016, plus the ‘Tontons Trinqueurs’ tasting at the cuverie of Chantal Lescure in Nuits St.Georges, also on the 23rd of March. 73… Read More
Comtes Lafon – 2014
Tasted in Meursault with Dominique Lafon, 23 October, 2015. Domaine des Comtes Lafon 5 Rue Pierre Joigneaux 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 17 www.comtes-lafon.fr Vintage 2015: Very happy with the yields in 2015, though the reds were still very… Read More
‘anthology’ of the last days…
A shocking tasting by Allen Meadows: “1996 white burgundy, and in particular Ramonet though Niellon and Sauzet contributed, continues to disappoint as 8 of 9 bottles were premoxed and another one (1976 Leflaive “Clavoillon”) was corked as was one of the reds (1989 Roty Griotte). It was one of the… Read More
A jumble of blind Chablis…
Tasted blind in Zürich, 01 June 2015, with the crew of Vinifera-Mundi. Our subject was ‘Chablis Grand Cru’. I’d brought an interesting older white for pre-tasting drinks, but somehow it was incorporated into the tasting as a ‘pirate’ – it wasn’t the only one. Overall, I came… Read More
ultra-orange wine…
No, not a lecture on ‘off-wine’ – well not in an ‘orange direction’ anyway. I expected maybe one glass from the Puligny, but fortunately it was on fire, because the 98 Beaune Grèves that I had planned to follow was corked. I open all 1990s wines with a certain… Read More
Comtes Lafon – 2013
Tasted in Meursault with Dominique Lafon, 23 October, 2014. Domaine des Comtes Lafon 5 Rue Pierre Joigneaux 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 17+33… Read More
when ‘white wine’ isn’t really the correct descriptor!
I love the real, versus the ‘pretend’ fraying on these labels! It’s certainly not worth giving ‘tasting notes’ to these wines, but they helped me get through 3 days of 18 hours, finishing the last Burgundy Report. I bought a couple of lots at auction; bottles of 82… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More