Saint Amour Basics: AOC – Since February 1946 AOC Area – 320 hectares Allowed Yields – 58 Hl/ha Allowed Colours – Red only (White bottled as Beaujolais Blanc) Allowed Grapes – Gamay Noir with up to a maximum of 15% ‘others’ including: Aligoté,… Read More

Tasted with Julien Brocard in Préhy, 19 January 2017. Jean-Marc Brocard 3, route de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 49 00 www.brocard.fr Julien on 2016: “Catastrophic. “We were hailed pretty much 100%. The crus are not so bad, but… Read More

Tasted mainly with Thomas Dinel in Nuits St.Georges, 01 December 2016. Marchand-Tawse   9 Rue Julie Godemet 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 20 37 32 www.marchand-tawse.com The label transition here began in 2014 and 2015 with ‘Maume by Domaine Tawse’ replacing the Domaine… Read More

Tasted in Santenay with Anne-Marie & Jean-Marc Vincent, 28 November 2016. Domaine Anne-Marie & Jean-Marc Vincent 3 Rue Sainte-Agathe 21590 Santenay Tel: +33 3 80 20 67 37 Jean-Marc on 2016: “2016 was a little miracle – we lost only 25%, I’ve many friends who only… Read More

Tasted with Julian Brocard and Odile van der Moere (Cellar Chief) in Préhy, 26 January 2016. Jean-Marc Brocard 3, route de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 49 00 www.brocard.fr Juilian on 2015: “It was an early vintage, partly because of… Read More

Tasted with Pascal Marchand in Nuits, 03 December 2015; right, newly married Pascal and Amandine. Marchand-Tawse   9 Rue Julie Godemet 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 20 37 32 www.marchand-tawse.com The Còte de Beaune ‘domaine’ range has expanded here, with another 2+ hectares… Read More

Tasted in Santenay with Anne-Marie & Jean-Marc Vincent, 17 November 2015. Domaine Anne-Marie & Jean-Marc Vincent 3 Rue Sainte-Agathe 21590 Santenay Tel: +33 3 80 20 67 37 Jean-Marc about the recent vintages: “I’m very surprised by the quality of the 2014s and indeed very happy… Read More

Tasted in Préhy with Julien Brocard, 29th January 2015. Jean-Marc Brocard 3, route de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 49 00 www.brocard.fr Jean-Marc Brocard began his domain in the 1970s with just 1 hectare of vines that he rented. The domaine he… Read More

Tasted in Saint Romain with Franck Buisson, 13 June, 2014. Domaine Henri et Gilles Buisson 21190 Saint Romain Tel : +33 3 80 21 27 91 www.domaine-buisson.com This domaine has 20 hectares, 8 of-which are in Saint Romain – home to this family since the Middle-Ages. Read More