Saint Amour: Village Profile
Saint Amour Basics: AOC – Since February 1946 AOC Area – 320 hectares Allowed Yields – 58 Hl/ha Allowed Colours – Red only (White bottled as Beaujolais Blanc) Allowed Grapes – Gamay Noir with up to a maximum of 15% ‘others’ including: Aligoté,… Read More
2016+2015(+) Almost 50 Saint Amours – tasted blind…
48 wines, tucked up in their little jackets and tasted blind on 06 July 2017 in Villefranche… Together with Julienas, St.Amour is the most northerly of the Beaujolais Crus – tread a few metres more to the north and you are in the Mâconnais. I chose this tasting… 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
Winners of the 2026 Hautes-Côtes Wine Excellence Awards…
On Friday, April 24, the 2026 Excellence Awards tasting for the Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune and Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits wines was held in Beaune. For over 70 years, this tasting has brought together the best wines produced in the high-altitude vineyards of these two regional appellations. In… Read More
Stéphanie Colinot – 2023
Tasted with Stéphanie Colinot in Villy, 15 April 2025. Domaine Stéphanie Colinot 1 Rue St.Etienne 89800 Villy Tel: +33 6 81 27 08 32 www.stephanie-colinot.fr Stéphanie’s Instagram More reports with Stéphanie Stéphanie on 2024: “The worst for volume was 2021. The average for Irancy was very low but I made… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2023
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde Davenne, 20 January 2025. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on 2023: “The reds are assembled but not yet bottled. The whites are bottled but… Read More
Simonnet-Febvre – 2023
Tasted with Paul Espitalié in Chablis, with no heating, 23 January 2025. Simonnet-Febvre 9 Avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 95 69 www.simonnet-febvre.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Maison Simonnet-Febvre Paul on 2024: “Mont de Milieu 55 hl/ha – Preuses 8… 70% less than in 2023 –… Read More
Stéphanie Colinot – 2022
Tasted with Stéphanie Colinot in Villy, 14 May 2024. Domaine Stéphanie Colinot 1 Rue St.Etienne 89800 Villy Tel: +33 6 81 27 08 32 www.stephanie-colinot.fr Stéphanie’s Instagram Stéphanie on 2023: “In 23 we had quality and quantity – 50 hl/ha – the wines are round and fruity – and that… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2022
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde Davenne, 31 January 2024. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr Domaine Instagram More reports with Domaine Clotilde… Read More