our friends in the north…
Actually there was a ‘chaser’ in the form of another bottle of Nicolas Maillet’s 2014 Mâcon-Verzé – but that’s not from the ‘north!’ In this case a more mature bottle than the previous ones – more honied and deeper coloured – half an hour of air and this freshened… Read More
2017 Irancy
Time to take a better look at how Irancy fared in 2017. Assembled were samples, tasted blind, in Chablis, 18 March 2017 – the organising of the sampling was kindly done by the BIVB Chablis. In 2017 we are back close to a full yield;… Read More
52x 2017 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 08 January 2019. I didn’t do this tasting for the 2016 vintage because most of Petit Chablis had been badly frosted. That said, so was a lot of 2017 too! I have anyway renewed my acquaintance with this AOP… Read More
weekend wines – week 29 2018
A small but perfectly formed selection of whites: 2014 Clotilde Davenne, Chablis Blanchots Ouch! What a wine! Direct, grapefruit fresh, intense – this wine just begs me to keep taking another sip – what a great wine. I have to scold myself and slow-down – that was 2… Read More
2015 Irancy
Time to take a look at a range of Irancy wines from the 2015 vintage – all were tasted blind in Chablis on the 23rd April 2017. The wines… Of-course it was the usual process – wines tasted blind, leaving with a sheaf of data-sheets to be consulted when… Read More
weekend wines – week 21
It’s been hot – so whites it was! They could all have been better – as my old school report used to say – must try harder! 2013 Dublère, Meursault 1er Charmes Hmm, there’s a nice aromatic volume here – classically Meursault too. In the mouth I find… Read More
weekend wines – week 19 2017
2002 Nicolas Potel, Vosne-Romanée 1er Malconsorts Hmm – this smells a beauty! Some previous bottles have been a little bretty but not this one. The palate is a little tighter – silky texture and beautifully poised but I’d like a little more flavour action. Very attractive wine today… Read More
2015 Aligoté…
A quick 30 aligotés from 2015 for you. 2015 certainly offers good ripeness but rarely a flabby experience. The vast majority of these wines are available ex-domaine for less than €10 – some significantly so – of-course your (pricing) mileage may vary when buying locally. The wines… 2015… Read More
Bourgogne Rosés for summer 2016 – Pinot vs Gamay
There were two tastings in 3 days – 06+08 June 2016 – the first in Beaune and the second in Villefranche (Beaujolais). Who would come out on top – northern Burgundy or southern Burgndy? I looked at the current commercial vintage, which of-course largely means 2015 – though there are… Read More