Domaine de Boischampt – 2018
Tasted in Jullié with Thibaud Baudin, 20 February 2020. Domaine de Boischampt 593 Chemin des Vignes 69840 Jullié Tel: +33 6 98 15 66 68 www.domainedeboischampt.fr This is a historic domaine in Jullié and set on the high street of this attractive,… Read More
d’Henri – 2018
Tasted with Margaux Laroche in Chablis, 07 January 2020. Le Domaine d’Henri Route d’Auxerre 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 40 65 17 ledomainedhenri.fr More reports for Domaine d’Henri Margaux on 2019: “A year that I remember… Read More
Domaine du Chardonnay – 2018
Tasted in Chablis with Axelle Franchini and Thomas Labille, 23 January 2020. Domaine du Chardonnay Moulin du Pâtis 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 48 03 www.domaine-du-chardonnay.fr More reports for Domaine du Chardonnay All-change! Etienne Boileau and William Nahan have… Read More
56x 2018 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 21 January 2020. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, of new producers whose wines I haven’t already explored. A number who made wines I rated highly in the 2017 vintage were profiled for… Read More
2017 Chablis – An Enigma…
Why an enigma? Well, 2017 was a very precocious year – partly for that reason was so much of the potential volume lost to frost – but it wasn’t just a precocious vintage, it was a hot vintage too – a year of sunshine – and one of the… Read More
Profile: Domaine d’Henri
Tasted with Margaux Laroche in Chablis, 21 January 2019. Le Domaine d’Henri Route d’Auxerre 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 40 65 17 ledomainedhenri.fr This is a very young domaine, but one with impressive roots. The premises are relatively new, standing importantly alone… Read More
52x 2017 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 08 January 2019. I didn’t do this tasting for the 2016 vintage because most of Petit Chablis had been badly frosted. That said, so was a lot of 2017 too! I have anyway renewed my acquaintance with this AOP… Read More
icymi – recent reading…
A few things I’ve read in the last days: Opinion: We all need to get over our Burgundy obsession. Now. Haha! The financial risks of chasing scarce Burgundy wines You need a subscription as well as deep pockets for this – but… Read More
2018 harvest – thursday 6 sept in chablis & irancy
Chablis Les Clos – on the triage table. A day in Chablis – no rest for the wicked! But first to Irancy – unlike the morning rain in Beaune, here was cloudy, indeed a little misty, but dry. The grapes looked resplendent – and the quantity too –… Read More