Chamonard – 2019
Tasted in Villié-Morgon with Jean-Claude Chanudet, pictured together with his wife, Geneviève Chanudet, 23 February 2021. Domaine Chamonard 585, chemin de la Grenouille, Le Clos de Lys, Corcelette, 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel : +33 4 74 69 13 97 Jean-Claude Chanudet, nicknamed the cat, comes from a… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2019
Tasted in Poinchy with Adeline Tribut – and all the team for the photo – 12 January 2021. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 More reports for Domaine Laurent Tribut Adeline on… Read More
boeuf bourguignone and lots of corky bottles…
At the beginning of February, I had a corked bottle of Castagier’s 1997 Clos de la Roche. The middle of February I had corked bottles… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2018
Tasted in Poinchy with Solange Tribut, 09 January 2020. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 More reports for Domaine Laurent Tribut Laurent having officially retired will of-course be found working around the winery… Read More
2018 Chablis – What a surprise!
Our basic starting point for surprise is the harvest in 2018; growers suggest only days before they harvested, that they thought that there would be ‘not much juice.’ If we are comparing to 2017 where some domaines pressed hard and actually didn’t get much juice, that might be fair –… Read More
catching up with the empty bottles…
Before I left for Piedmonte, I’d accumulated a lovely set of wines – I would/should say an exceptional group of wines. Where I can remember something, or indeed took a few crafty notes, a few words follow about them:… Read More
Profile: Moreau-Naudet
Tasted in Chablis with Virginie Naudet, 19 March 2019. Domaine Moreau-Naudet 4 chemin de la Vallée de Valvan 89800 Chablis Phone: +33 3 86 42 14 83 If you know the location of Camille Besson’s domaine, then you will know this neighbouring building – modern, dating from… Read More
2017 Chablis – An Enigma…
Why an enigma? Well, 2017 was a very precocious year – partly for that reason was so much of the potential volume lost to frost – but it wasn’t just a precocious vintage, it was a hot vintage too – a year of sunshine – and one of the… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2017
Tasted in Poinchy with Adeline Tribut, 11 January 2019. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 Laurent is, officially, retired – which means that he doesn’t need to see itinerant peddlars of wine reports – he can work… Read More