Profile: Jean-Paul Dubost
Tasted with Jean-Paul Dubost in Lantignié, 02 July 2020. Domaine Jean-Paul Dubost 9 Impasse du Tracot 69430 Lantignié Tel: +33 4 74 04 87 51 Other reports with Jean-Paul Dubost. Originally named the Domaine du Tracot – that’s the address – Jean-Paul… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2018
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 04 February 2020. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports for Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2019: “It’s a good vintage. We were we lucky not to have… Read More
the great grape launderette…
I’m reminded of more than one conversion I had with the former winemaker in Morey St.Denis, David Clark. His 2004s and 2011s were not immune to the pyrazines of those vintages, and in the absence of other theories that convinced, he seemed pretty comfortable with the… Read More
Profile: Laurent Martray (Odenas)
Tasted with Laurent Martray near Odenas, 19 June 2019. Domaine Laurent Martray Combiaty 69460 Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne Tel: +33 6 14 42 04 74 www.domainelaurentmartray.com Laurent Martray’s great grandfather was a vigneron, and Laurent is the 5th of that line. His house and small… Read More
Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
2017 Beaujolais Blanc
And the winners were… All blind-tasted in Villefranche-sur-Saône, 22 March 2019. The Summary: 61 wines tasted blind, though tasted in the order 1) Beaujolais Blanc and then 2) Beaujolais Villages Blanc – it was by pure chance that my picks were equally split between each… Read More
Profile: Bernard Jomain
Tasted in Charentay with Bernard Jomain, 12 February 2019. Domaine Bernard Jomain Lieu-dit La Valette 69220 Charentay Tel: +33 6 80 30 96 68 Bernard Jomain was a long-time metayeur of the Château de la Chaize and his father was also worker at Château Thivin – two… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2017
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 05 February 2019. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 Daniel on 2018: “It was a good harvest in both quantity and quality. For one time the weather was with us – growth was… Read More
weekday wines, week 51 2018…
A holiday week in the south of France – though plenty of typing was interwoven. Our first bottle was the 2016 Château Thivin, Côte de Brouilly Les Griottes de Brulhié – and like most Thivin, for my palate, it was delicious. Deeply coloured and fruited – just a great… Read More