2017 Fixin – blind…
18 wines, tasted blind in Beaune, 23 May 2019. Clichés are usually that, but in 2017 there is more structure and more tannin in the Fixins than you will find in the Marsannays or Santenays – patience is rerquired. But there are many super wines too… 2017… Read More
2017 Santenay – blind…
32 wines tasted blind in Beaune, 23 May 2019. Santenay was another area that I thought produced above average wines for the vintage in 2017 when tasting at domaines at the end of last year. From this tasting, the wines were certainly a cut above those tasted from… Read More
Domaine René Engel – the sale…
The view is spectacular from the coffee room of the Hotel Beau-Rivage in Geneva – looking across the ‘bay’ of Lake Geneva – this hotel, long the home of expensive auctions from the likes of Sotheby’s, Christie’s,… Read More
A Bourgogne Côte d’Or?
I’ve discussed it before, but this is a new label that you might come across for the first time with the 2017 vintage. People have been proposing this label for almost 20 years but now it’s done – and it’s for both the reds and… Read More
the tastevinage majors of 2018…
For this ‘award’ just twenty wines were chosen from 1,033 that were submitted to blind taste in 2018: CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE BRUT BLANC – Maison Veuve AMBAL BOURGOGNE VÉZELAY 2015 – CAVE HENRY DE VÉZELAY RULLY PREMIER CRU – RABOURCÉ 2017 – DOMAINE MANIGLEY CHABLIS PREMIER CRU VAILLONS 2016… Read More
general maturity update – part 2
I asked Mathew Mangenot of Domaines Albert Bichot for his rather wider view than my tour on Friday allowed: “Chablis and especially Mâcon were in a situation of drought at the end of July, causing a delay in the initiation of véraison – they had just a small amount… Read More
A tour de Moulin à Vent
Ch Moulin à Vent Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Ch Moulin à Vent Our venue was the Château Moulin… Read More
a few weekend wines – week 22 2018
2014 Françoise André, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Les Vergelesses There’s a little curl of vanilla to what is otherwise a nice line of aromatic freshness with faint lime citrus. A sheen of fresh minerality over the palate – again accented with vanilla – but it’s a much fainter accent than… Read More
Latricières-Chambertin – A Vineyard Profile
Ici commence Latricières-Chambertin! To the left, unploughed Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Aux Combottes and above the Combottes is Clos de la Roche. To the right, the ploughed Latricières-Chambertin of Camus, above it, bordered by trees is the unploughed Latricières of Arnoux-Lachaux. Grand Cru Surface (ha)1 2015 Prodn hl2 2016… Read More