Simonnet-Febvre – 2022
Tasted with Paul Espitalié in Chablis, on a very cold -8°C morning, 16 January 2024. Simonnet-Febvre 9 Avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 95 69 www.simonnet-febvre.com Domaine Instagram More reports with Maison Simonnet-Febvre Paul… Read More
43x Irancy 2022 – Blind Tasted
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 29 January 2024. These blind tastings are my great source of new names, and, of course, the wines were tasted blind. The sample order was completely random – the next bottle was the one closest to hand. The bottles were… Read More
Tastevinage: The 2023 Majors !!
For a few years now the Tastevinage have made a ‘selection’ of the best wines selected from the wines presented for tasting in the year – obviously here from the 2023 tasting season – and this selection, again chosen blind – is the result of 785… Read More
Cité des Climats et Vins – Beaune
I previously visited the new outpost of the trilogy of Cités des Climats et Vins in Chablis – where I praised the human scale and architecture of the operation. I was unsure if I would be so positive towards this large erection on Beaune’s outskirts, but… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2021
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde & Arnaud Davenne, 19 January 2023. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on 2022:… Read More
Beaujolais’ Pierres Dorées – a tasting
Given the precedent of a group of quality-minded producers in Beaujolais’ Lantignié – whereby they are differentiating themselves from Beaujolais-Villages by using the Lantignié name on their labels and making wine worth a few extra Euros per bottle versus the average – the same is now afoot in the… Read More
Trenel – 2020
Tasted in Charnay-lès-Mâcon with Benoit Bertrandy, 21 February 2022. Maison Trenel Chemin de Buèry 71850 Charnay-lès-Mâcon +33 3 85 34 48 20 www.trenel.fr More reports with Maison Trenel Yet another new face chez Maison Trenel. Barbara Cueille… Read More
Clotilde Davenne – 2020
Tasted in Préhy with Clotilde & Arnaud Davenne, 06 January 2022. Domaine Clotilde Davenne 3, rue de Chantemerle 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 05 www.clotildedavenne.fr More reports with Domaine Clotilde Davenne Clotilde on 2020:… Read More
Simonnet-Febvre – 2020
Tasted with Paul Espitalié in Chablis, 12 January 2022. Simonnet-Febvre 9 Avenue Oberwesel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 95 69 www.simonnet-febvre.com More reports with Maison Simonnet-Febvre Paul on 2021: 21 was certainly complicated but we managed an average… Read More