Profile: Maison Terres d’Arômes, Claire Forestier (Nuits)
Dear friends, My collaboration with the group Cottin Frères has ended, due to a major restructuring of the group. It is a collective redundancy. The mark TERRES d’ARÔMES was born with the year 2007, it developed thanks to your interest and thanks to your support. I took great… Read More
57x 2022 Petit Chablis – Blind Tasted
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 29 January 2024. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the last years,… Read More
2021 White Burgundy Part 3 – Chablis
Part 1: 2021 Mainly Mâconnais – Sept 2022 Part 2: 2021 Central Burgundy – Oct 2022 Part 3: 2021 Chablis – Jan 2023 (Here) Right – unsurprisingly, this is how the 2021 vintage in Chablis will be remembered. Image 08h30 06 April 2021, -8°C in Bougros grand cru. Tell me… Read More
2020 White Burgundy – Part 3 – Chablis
Part 1: 2020 Mainly Mâconnais – Sept 2021 Part 2: 2020 Côte d’Or – Oct 2021 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2022 Chablis, 5pm Prehy – 27 January 2022 “2020 is another average yielding vintage – though with… Read More
66x 2019 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 25 January 2021. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the… Read More
Chablis 2012 – Premier Crus
2012 Chablis 1er Crus, all tasted in Chablis 17th March. The wines are listed in the order of tasting. The overall quality is the best and most consistent that I’ve ever tasted. Many without my extra-special recommendation are also great wines. I like that the wines show an almost phenolic… Read More
The return of the Mark – Vosne 2024 – part 2
Domaine Michel Gros Vendange 2024 – Day 1, Saturday 21st Sept After travelling, arrival day and evening socials/dinner, this was ‘it’, day one for this vintage which, maybe more than usual, has had one wondering what might be in store given the much-trailed 2024 weather issues and effects to this… Read More
Chicotot – 2022
Tasted in Nuits St.Georges with Pascale Chicotot, 17 July 2021. Domaine Chicotot 15 Rue du Général de Gaulle 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 19 33 www.domaine-chicotot.com More reports with Domaine Chicotot A ‘biodynamic’ domaine with 9 hectares, but spread over 57 different parcels! For the 2022 vintage there… Read More
David Duband – 2021
Tasted with David Duband in Chevannes 15 November 2022. SARL David Duband 12 Rue du Lavoir 21220 Chevannes Tel: +33 3 80 61 41 16 www.domaine-duband.com More reports with David Duband David on 2022: “Very happy – the… Read More