Château du Meursault – 2016
Tasted in Meursault with Emmanuel Escutenaire and Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 15 November 2017. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com There are new wines at the Château this year, from Ladoix and Aloxe,… Read More
Château Pommard – 2015
Tasted in Pommard with Emmanuel Sala, 28 March 2017. Château de Pommard 15, rue Marey Monge BP 30018 – 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 59 www.chateaudepommard.com There seems to have been a long line of new names in commercial positions at the… Read More
Château du Meursault – 2015
Tasted in Meursault with Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 01 December 2016. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com Although the actual red:white production here is roughly 1:1, I’d planned to include this producer, if… Read More
de Montille (+Château Puligny) – 2015
Tasted in Meursault with Gauthier Roussille, 28 November 2016. Domaine de Montille, Château de Puligny-Montrachet & Maison Deux Montille Soeur Frères rue de But 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 39 14 www.demontille.com Gauthier on 2016: “It was a very wet… Read More
Château de la Tour / Pierre Labet – 2015
Tasted in Vougeot with François Labet, 09 November, 2016. Chateau de La Tour / Domaine Pierre Labet Rue de la Montagne 21640 Vougeot Tel: +33 3 80 62 86 13 www.chateaudelatour.com François on 2016: “2016 was both hectic and complicated – because of the… Read More
Château de Marsannay – 2014
Tasted in Marsannay with Sylvain Pabion, 12 May 2016. Château Marsannay 2 Rue des Vignes 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 51 71 11 www.chateau-marsannay.com The Château de Marsannay is today owned by the same family that bought the Château de Meursault. Given how… Read More
Volnay Clos des Chênes – Château de Meaursault
Tasted with Stéphane Follin-Arbelet in Meursault, 30th March 2016. Historically, this 2.5 hectare parcel of Clos des Chênes has always been classed as a wine for aging at the Château. This large parcel is on the right-hand side of the old track that runs up through the middle of… Read More
the effects of frost in marsannay (and wider)…
Right: Pictured today in Marsannay Les Grandes Vignes – compare it to the picture at the top of the page – that’s what the growth looks like (this week) in an average year! It was nice and warm just over a week ago in the Côte d’Or, but this week… Read More
Château du Meursault part 2 – 2014
Tasted in Meursault with Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 08 December 2015. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com As noted in part 1 we only covered the white wines then, so here’s… Read More