The 1997s – 20 years on…
It seems that it has been 14 years (!) since I took a look at this vintage. Back then, 20 years sounded about right for good vineyards from an ‘early maturing’ vintage. So let’s do it: For the last 10 years, or more, the… Read More
big weekend, week 9 2017
All the wines were tasted blind and then the label shown before the next wine. The last white and the reds with dinner – a nice salad, blanquette de veaux, pears in burgundy wine, cheese… 2014 Céline et Frédéric Gueguen, Côteaux Bourguignone Sacy A super saline, faintly… Read More
a couple of week(end) 22 wines…
1999 Nicolas Potel, Volnay Vieilles-Vignes Medium-plus colour A little herb and a lot of sweet, plummy fruit. A middle-weight, but one of sweet silkiness, supple delivery of flavour, widening and intensifying a little in the mid-palate. The finish is tasty and medium-plus length, slowly fading on a more… Read More
The 1985 Red Vintage – today
The 1985s: a modern-day look at 1985 grand crus together with a 2005 selection of Chevalier/Montrachet apetisers… It’s definitely not every year that you get to look back at a properly mature vintage, and in enviable grand cru depth too, but it seems to me that 1985 is worthy of… Read More
2 reds for my weekend: richebourg & nuits st.georges…
An interesting pair for this weekend – a more than half-good 1994, but one bested by a 2008 – despite their respective labels… 1994 Jean Grivot, Richebourg Medium, medium-plus… Read More
Blind Echézeaux – 16 wines
All tasted blind in Zürich with JF Guyard, 09 March 2015. Our wines were served in flights of 3, mainly, after which the identity of each 3 (or 4!) were shown. Quite an eclectic range of wines as we all contributed bottles from our own cellars –… Read More
GJB: Clos de Vougeot vertical…
A range of older Clos de Vougeot, tasted in the Château de Vougeot itself, 17 March, 2014. Poured, in shifts, by the winemakers themselves. No duds, but there really were a few quite exceptional bottles! If I could take only one, Confuron-Cotetidot’s was the wine for me… 2003 Anne… Read More
richebourg 1972 – domaine charles viénot
Back to being predictable, another red, another 1972. But one with a bit of interest attached… 😉 Charles Viénot is largely remembered as a négoce operation, but like many of today’s négoce, they also had a sizeable ownership of vines too, including vines in Richebourg. Indeed a cursory scan… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More