Long-Depaquit – 2021
Tasted in Chablis with Louis Gimonnet, 11 January 2023. Château Long-Depaquit 45 Rue Auxerroise 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 11 13 www.bourgogne-bichot.com/fr/long-depaquit-chablis More reports for Domaine Long-Depaquit Louis on 2022: “Yes we are happy with, 22 I… Read More
de Thalie – 2019
Tasted with Peter Gierszewski, 19 October 2020 Domaine de Thalie La Moutonnerie 71250 Bray Tel: +33 6 15 07 65 65 www.domainedethalie.fr More reports for Domaine de Thalie Peter on 2019: “No frost in 2019 though there… Read More
2015 harvest update – hail!
Video Here Photo belongs to Aurélien Blugeot Happy are those in the Côte de Beaune that have already cut a significant portion of their whites – Dominique Lafon and Olivier Lamy leading the way with accompanying social-media images of perfect grapes picked… Read More
Givry 2012s
A list of Givry 2012 tasted in the town of Givry during their April ‘fest’. Given the massively high quality of 2012 Bourgogne Rouge, I was interested whether something, of-forgotten, could compare. The average price of a Givry 1er Cru is about or lower than that of… Read More
The big round-up
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly tasted with producers at the end of March 2012 – almost 200 wines – the bulk are culled from tastings put on for the Grands Jours de Bourgogne which happens every two years. I’ll start with a selection of wines from Beaune, followed by… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2008 and the end of March 2009. Just over 60 bottles are listed here, but there are another 219 dotted through this Spring Report that it didn’t make sense… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! Normally this is a compendium of wines that, in the main, are really drunk with food, friends and family, but I would say about two thirds of this issue’s are from tastings, all though between December 2007 and March 2008. A higher incidence of corked… Read More
Albert Bichot Domaines: 2008 Update (2006’s)
I’ve always found it a pleasure to taste at Albert Bichot – this is my third post-bottling visit – and the quality is pretty much on a par with any ‘name’ négociant, though most of the bottles below are domaine sourced. The only thing that the A-B ‘portfolio’ is… Read More
european fine wine magazine – a critique
Photo: Blatantly stolen from the publisher’s website | Copyright, them… Let me first say that issue number 1 of ‘European Fine Wine Magazine’ is quite a coffee-table magazine, the photography is really something – not just the composition but the saturated, slightly underexposed processing too – never-mind… Read More