this week’s, pre-lockdown, 2019 inquisition…
A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More
actively auctioneering…
If there’s one part of the wine industry that seems very active during lockdown – at-least, judging by my inbox – then it’s wine auctions. Sotheby’s are hammering it with practically simultaneous auctions in London, New York and Hong Kong; it’s the former with all those rather rare Domaine des… Read More
all change, domaine chanzy…
It’s already 5 years since I profiled the last version of Domaine Chanzy in Bouzeron and time has flown by for this, seemingly, restless domaine of over 30 hectares! As you may remember, in 2012-2013 Jean Baptiste Jessiaume and his father became responsible for… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2018
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Perrine Fenal & Bertrand de Villaine, 02 December, 2019. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com More reports for Domaine de la Romanée-Conti It was a pleasure to meet this time with… Read More
2019 Burgundy – the vintage weather
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s not just about the harvest, there are many factors that can influence a harvest, going right back to the growing season and harvest from the previous year: October 2018 The hot and dry summer of 2018 rolled on into… Read More
the end of may update…
Time for an end of May round-up: I show you the pictures of my iris(s) only to emphasise the point – they are between 6 and 10 days later blooming than last year. Last year they only had another week of nice blooms before they were starting to look… Read More
Gouffier – 2017
Tasted in Fontaines with Benoit Pagot, 21 March 2019. Domaine Gouffier 11 Grand Rue 71150 Fontaines Tel: +33 3 85 91 49 66 www.domainegouffier.fr This report is late, very late, and that’s due to the most improbable of situations back in November – a Subaru… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2017
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 06 December, 2018. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Bertrand on 2017 and a little of 2018: “We began our harvest on the 31 August in 2018, the 04 September in 2017. We… Read More
Les Aligoteurs
Tasted in Flagey-Echézeaux, 23 April 2018. Image courtesy https://aligoteurs.com/ I’ve never tasted anything in Flagey before – so why not over 70 Aligotés? The rain came on this particular Monday, and with it, only 16°C. Considering that the weekend had been over 25° then we… Read More