Just so many wines – part 2
Not quite the blast that was part 1 – just over 90 wines – probably fatigue was starting to set in! Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st April 2011 and the end of June 2011. They are mainly 2009s – more and more… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2011 and August 2011. Regional Wines (3) Villages Wines (14) Premier Cru Wines (24) Grand Cru Wines (6) REGIONAL WINES 2009 David Clark, Bourgogne Passetoutgrains… Read More
any excuse…
Or this could be titled, how to avoid oxidation – and fail! Although I intend to have some good drinking in my dotage, I generally drink more modest stuff at home; bourgognes, villages and premiers – perhaps only a grand cru once or twice a month. Actually half the… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between May and November 2010. Regional Wines (2) Villages Wines (21) Premier Cru Wines (19) Grand Cru Wines (7) REGIONAL WINES 2008 Camille Giroud, Bourgogne Cuvée Lees… Read More
Exception-Elles
During the ‘Grands Jours de Bourgogne’ there was a tasting opportunity that really caught my attention – ‘Exception-Elles’ – forty lady winemakers presenting their 2008 vintage in the cuverie of Anne Gros in Vosne-Romanée. The tasting would start at 3pm but I had a tough schedule so would have… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2009 and mid-December 2009. Regional Wines (8) Villages Wines (19) Premier Cru Wines (28) Grand Cru Wines (17) REGIONAL WINES 2007 Albert Bichot, Bourgogne Vieilles Vignes… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
three fevre grands crus from the 2001-2002 dangerzone…
The Bottles Fevre... A reasonably sunny afternoon, friends and a bbq – time to whip out some 01/02 Fevre – clearly with an eye open for any undue aging or oxidation. Only one bottle spoiled, but that was down to a more traditional foe… 2001 William Fevre, Chablis Les… Read More
Vosne-Romanée: 2007’s in Bottle
This is something of a holy place for wine-lovers around the world. What do these thousands of tourists who travel along the Grands Crus route every year come to see? Romanée-Conti of course! Fewer than 2 hectares of vines produce barely 6,000 – 7,000 bottles of the most prestigious… Read More