the recent corkscrew action…
Well, it was Chardonnay Day – that was my excuse. A great series of wines… 2018 Séguinot-Bordet, Chablis 1er Fourchaume A big, chunky Trescases… Read More
Château de Meursault – 2018
Tasted in Meursault with Emmanuel Escutenaire and Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 22 October 2019. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com There are now an impressive 67 hectares of vines here as… Read More
High-plains Pommard
Over Platière towards Pommard. A platière is a shelf or a plateau, but in Pommard – high up in Pommard – is the lieu-dit of La Platière; 3.3 hectares of which is classified as villages, and 2.5 hectares premier cru. This is more of a gentle slope… Read More
mark’s vosne harvest – day 2
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Two 20th Sept 2019 After an ‘interesting’ first day, in more ways than one, Day Two opened with the ‘senior’ (in terms of number of vendanges) Jean-Claude room mate asking me if I’d slept well. I hadn’t actually, finding the bed… Read More
2017 Red Burgundy Report
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More
Château de Meursault – 2017
Tasted in Meursault with Emmanuel Escutenaire and Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 23 October 2018. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com Emmanuel on 2018: “2018 wasn’t easy to choose a starting point to… Read More
Cave Prestige 2018 – Les Blancs…
Apparently this is the 47th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. For this, the 2018 version, they began… Read More
Clos de Vougeot – 2008-1989
The same procedure as each of the last two Grands Jours – the Syndicat of Clos de Vougeot producers pour some more mature bottles. This year there were some super interesting bottles, but they were, sadly, in the minority. Only four of these 18 bottles I would be excited… Read More
Labruyère – 2016
Tasted in Moulin à Vent with Nicolas Mielly, 21 February 2018. Domaine Labruyère 310 Des Thorins 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 3 85 20 38 18 www.domaine-labruyere.com Nicolas on 2017: 2017 had an extremely good start, reminding us of the early and warm… Read More