two 2001 malconsorts – one was definitely mal
I decided to open this pair over the weekend; both négociants, but in this case the Thomas is a ‘domaine’ wine – these are the vines which are now exploited by de Montille. Unfortunately I didn’t have a bottle of the Clos Frantin wine handy as their 01 was… Read More
Volnay Tasting: Grands Jours de Bourgogne
I had the pleasure to whiz around the Marie in Volnay during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne and before too much of a crush of visitors. Unfortunately I had only 45 minutes, but returned with 17 notes and a few discussions with their producers. These are predominantly 2006’s and… Read More
Profile: Domaine Château de Puligny-Montrachet (Puligny)
After lots of speculation, the official announcement finally came in June 2012 that this domaine had been bought by the de Montille familly. Together with their Volnay domaine, the de Montilles are now responsible for over thirty hectares in the Côte de Beaune (plus a hint of Côte de Nuits,… Read More
It’s time – the 2024 harvest…
It’s true – I’ve bored you enough about a year that has experienced wave after wave of rain – but with some nice sunny days too. Unfortunately, for many producers, the balance has seemed to be more in favour of the rain this year, evidenced by even more thunder-storms in… Read More
weekend wines – week 11 2023
Yes, very late with this small note – but it was worthwhile and a nice addition to another ‘recent‘ 1984… Dinner in Pommard – as befits the labels… The 2007 Beaune was nicely structured – a rarity for 2007s – certainly 2007s in their youth. Read More
A Yorkshire lunch – in three acts…
A short hop to Leeds – so a Yorkshire lunch – even if one of us didn’t have the fortune of originating from that county 🙂 (My) Lunch was French onion soup, venison Wellington and nibbling from a selection of cheeses. I can’t remember the last time I saw this… Read More
The changing ownership landscape of the Côte d’Or
The waxing and waning of vineyard ownership – or rather the relative size of ownership – has always been the subject of external forces; times of higher demand, times of lower demand, times of disease or simply times of consistently poor weather. Burgundy has never been a stranger to those… Read More
this week’s, pre-lockdown, 2019 inquisition…
A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More
wednesday 18 Sept – harvest 2019 update
Batman Returns! The home domaine already has the end of the harvest in mind – probably we will finish at lunchtime on Friday. Around the Côtes there are many approaches: Today de Montille finished harvesting their broad range of Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune wines… Read More