Christian Clerget – 2020
Tasted with Justine, daughter of Isabelle and Christian Clerget in Vougeot, 04 November 2021. Domaine Christian Clerget 10, Ancienne-Route-Nationale 21640 Vougeot Tel: +33 3 80 62 87 37 www.christianclerget-vins.fr More reports with Domaine Christian Clerget Justine on 2021:… Read More
Well, it was too quiet today – 2021 part 2
Savigny Vergelesses today, looking towards Corton I got quite a mailbag when I made my first post of (semi) unsubstantiated rumours and the peddling of idle chit-chat, so thought I’d update you on some of those, and add a few more, to finish this… Read More
drinking to excess…
Excess, in this case, not necessarily volume-related… I’d planned to post on this modest line-up of bottles early last week – but the frost-related events of the week made me reconsider my timing – despite bottles such as these being the marketing livelihood of the region – or… Read More
weekend wines – week 12 2020
The variety of Burgundy in 3 bottles: 2013 Comte Liger-Belair, Nuits St.Georges 1er Aux Cras Like Louis-Michel’s 2013 villages Vosnes, there’s a little reduction here – but here it’s on a much lower level than those wines. The wine starts round – both the aromas and the… Read More
Perrot-Minot – 2018
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Christophe Perrot-Minot, 04 December 2019. Domaine Perrot-Minot 54, Route des Grands Crus 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis Tel: +33 3 80 34 32 51 www.perrot-minot.com More reports for Domaine Perrot-Minot Christophe on 2019: Hot –… Read More
monday 23 Sept – harvest 2019 update
My home domaine finished their harvest on Thursday, and many others are also done, but that wasn’t the case in the Hautes Côtes, the Côte de Nuits or even Chablis and Beaujolais where they still had much work to do: On Friday the vast majority of the Côte de… Read More
monday 16 Sept – harvest 2019 update
Savigny 1er Les Vergelesses We start Monday with some white Pernand villages – Les Pins – a few hail impacts and also a few dried grapes to remove, but cool and fresh from the vineyards, this first-picked wine of the day has grapes that were oh-so delicious… Read More
weekend wines – week 16 2019
A super-successful, eclectic, bunch of wines this weekend… 2017 Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay Blanc Chardonnay Rose I’d already tasted one with him last week, but as I was leaving his… Read More
some weekend wines – week 10 2019
2013 Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée My first from this mixed case. Ooh what a great… Read More