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
Ambroise – 2016
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 04 December 2017. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com François on 2017: “A lovely year. I think a year more for whites, as they had great maturity,… Read More
2015 Red Burgundy
The red harvest in 2015 was a little lower volume than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – just 1% lower – but with so many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years, this actually remains a very modest volume vintage: Many producers were surprised by the low… Read More
Ambroise – 2015
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 14 December 2016. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com François on 2016: “2016? Nuits and Premeaux were catastrophic in terms of yields; 80% red lost, not much… Read More
week(end) 13 – the wines – lucky us…
A weekend in the mountains – plus some clear ‘wine-joy.’ 2010 Francois Mikulski, Meursault 1er Charmes I’ve never yet had a problem, but I see reports of advanced bottles from François – which is a shame because I love both the man and his wines – but this… Read More
Ambroise – 2014
Tasted in Premeaux with François Ambroise, 10 December 2015. Maison Ambroise 8, rue de l’Eglise 21700 Premeaux Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 62 30 19 www.ambroise.com I enjoyed the 2013s so much earlier this year, that I though it a ‘must’ to come and see… Read More
GJB: Nuits St.Georges 1er Cru – 2012
Mainly 1ers, mostly 2012s, tasted in Nuits St.Georges with their makers on 16 and 18 March, 2014 First, a few Villages wines: 2012 Ballorin, Nuits St.Georges Belle Croix Dark colour. Deep aromas, some higher tones too. Full and round,… Read More
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The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More