2021 Red Burgundy Part 1 – The Côte de Beaune
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) The Côte de Beaune – November 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 2: The Côte de Nuits – December 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2022 Clos des Cortons – Faiveley – 6 weeks after the frost What about the 2021 reds… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
Hospices de Beaune 2021 vintage summary…
From Albert Bichot and the Hospices de Beaune – a harvest and vintage weather summary from this year: And some images from their harvest here. Share this:Click to… Read More
mid-weekers, week 18 2021…
Last weekend there were no wines for me – but not because I was on the wagon – rather because I received my first covid-jab on Friday evening – Pfizer – so I let that do its thing before opening something a couple of days later… 2019 Yvon &… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
2018 Corton
2018 Corton… Ah, Corton – I have the memory of many great bottles but rarely were those great bottles less than 25 years of age – but the times they are a changin’… The most recent vintages – say 2015 onwards – have elevated the ripeness… Read More
Domaine Joliet – 2019
Tasted in Fixin with Bénigne Joliet, 04 August 2020. Domaine Joliet Manoir de la Perrière 21220 Fixin Tel: +33 3 80 52 47 85 www.domainejoliet.fr More reports on Domaine Joliet. Although I have visited to taste… Read More
AOC Chablis Grand Cru
Category Grand Cru appellation since 13/01/1938 There is one single appellation – Chablis Grand Cru – the individual climats do not have individual/seperate AOCs. Commune(s) of production Yonne. 1 commune: Chablis Climats classed as grand cru There are seven official grand cru climats. An eigth ‘climat’ exists… Read More
2017 Meursault – blind
To be precise, my wish was to taste villages wines with lieu-dits on their label – such as Cromin or Tillets. There were producers who still sent anonymous Meursault cuvées, or old-vines cuvées with no other info, but as they had taken the time… In-line with the vintage… Read More