1999 Volnay
South of Beaune you will find looking down on its vineyards, the village of Volnay. It is guarded to one side by a steep wooded hill-side and to two others by the vineyards of its close neighbours – Pommard and Meursault – indeed, one part of Meursault is also classed… Read More
Vincent Girardin – 2020
Tasted with Eric Germain in Meursault, 27 October 2021. Domaine Vincent Girardin “Les Champs Lins” BP 48 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 20 81 00 http://www.vincentgirardin.com More reports with Domaine Vincent Girardin Eric on 2021: “There’s not a… Read More
Vincent Girardin – 2019
Tasted with Eric Germain in Meursault, 05 November 2020. Domaine Vincent Girardin “Les Champs Lins” BP 48 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 20 81 00 http://www.vincentgirardin.com More reports for Domaine Vincent Girardin I note a small change to the… Read More
week 8 2018 – weekend wines
Friday night with some of the Commanderie de Calgary saw 2x 2015 whites and a 2014 red. My short recollections are that we started with a Lamy St.Aubin 1er Clos de la Chatenière which was taut and fine – very lovely wine. The second was Alex Gambal’s St.Aubin 1er… Read More
19 years of bio in the clos du château des ducs…
The Lafarge method of hand destemming: This morning Domaine Lafarge – that’s Michel (‘Lafarge Senior’ who made his first harvest in 1950) Frederic (whose first harvest was in 1979), Frederic’s wife Chantal Lafarge and their daughter Clothilde – harvested the grapes of their Volnay 1er Cru and monopole… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
Saints or Sinners? – the 1993 red wines
The 1993 reds seem to be the focal point of much debate, indeed it seems to be an evermore polarised debate. For a number of years I’ve been a little agnostic over this ‘issue’, or even favouring the doubters: My first foray into the cellars of the Côte were in… Read More