2017 harvest – 12 september (home domaine finish)
There followed a very enthusiastic and global use of water-hoses – to many shouts of ‘No – not on my phone!’… Starting our day with the last white – a small parcel in Pernand-Vergelesses Les Pins – here just 0.2 ha in a high sector that was once… Read More
Profile: Jules Desjourneys
Tasted with Fabien Duperray in La Chapelle de Guinchay, 23 May 2017. Domaine Jules Desjourneys 75 rue Jean Thorin 71570 La Chapelle de Guinchay Tel: +33 3 85 33 85 88 Fabien, who is in his early-50s, is rather camera-shy, but it’s the only part of this… Read More
enforcing the status quo?
Interesting. I would say that here it is the ‘revitalising the region‘ comment that is up for interpretation – at least if we look at at past actions. Louis Latour, and I have to say Drouhin too, seem to approach the Beaujolais region purely as a source of ‘entry… Read More
Boisset Jean-Claude – 2015
Tasted in Nuits St.Georges with Grégory Patriat, 13 December 2016. Jean-Claude Boisset 5 Quai Dumorey 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 61 61 www.boisset.fr Grégory on 2016: “2016 – the year of the excesses. An excess of rain – 500mm between January… Read More
Louis Latour – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Boris Champy, 12 December 2016. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com The 2016 vintage… “2016? Well, Corton was good, Vosne-Romanée was superb and as for Chambolle-Musigny, there wasn’t much… Read More
Bouchard Père et Fils – 2014
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Weber, November 20 2015. Bouchard Père et Fils 15 Rue du Château 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 80 24 www.bouchard-pereetfils.com Frédéric on 2015: “It was a very nice year for us, the weather was beautiful; not so… Read More
Parent – 2014
Tasted with Anne Parent and Catherine Pages-Parent in Pommard, 17 November 2015. Domaine Anne et Catherine Parent 3 rue de la Métairie 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 15 08 www.domaine-parent.com Anne on the 2015 vintage: “15 there’s almost nothing to say. Read More
A jumble of blind Chablis…
Tasted blind in Zürich, 01 June 2015, with the crew of Vinifera-Mundi. Our subject was ‘Chablis Grand Cru’. I’d brought an interesting older white for pre-tasting drinks, but somehow it was incorporated into the tasting as a ‘pirate’ – it wasn’t the only one. Overall, I came… Read More
Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2013 Mâconnais
Tasted 26th March with all the vignerons listed below, in Viré and Milly-Lamartine. Like last year, the core of my visits in the Mâcon remains the formidable collection of producers who operate under the banner of the Artisans-Vignerons. They should never be considered as the ‘average’ for… Read More