busy alex…
Christophe Buisson and Alex Gambal sign at last – pic from Alex. Hmm – what a good story – 🙂 This deal took a very long time to finalise, but now ‘Domaine Alex Gambal’ is exploiting the following: Appellation Surface (ha) Chassagne En L’Ormeau 0.13 Chassagne 1er… Read More
gambal’s bâtard…
You might remember my “alex gambal buys 5 hectares – or does he…”, note from December. Things were not exactly as reported by Clive, so Alex said he’d come back to me when everything was ‘sorted out’. Here’s his news-release: Dear Bill, It is official as of Wednesday AM… Read More
weekend stuff – week 49 2022…
Going partly ‘off-piste’ for some of the bottles this weekend: 2020 Jacques Picq et ses Enfants, Chablis A wine that depended on the moment that you caught it – sometimes with a little 2020… Read More
a couple more wines – weekend 48 2022
It’s good to get back to a four-bottle weekend 😉 2018 Alex Gambal, Aligoté Yes! Fresh, clean lines and attractive purity, with an occasional glimpse of some creamy oak. More incisive and precise than any 2018 has right to be – that’s simply delicious stuff and was… Read More
rounding up some recent bottles…
I have been lacking in my ‘home bottle’ notes of recent, mainly because I’ve been drinking plenty of my ‘home’ wines – ie ones that you’ve already seen too often in these pages – but here are a few different ones: 2020 Ardhuy, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Chaumes… Read More
Out and about in (greater!) Burgundy this week
Cherry blossom in Villefranche(SS) today… Of-course, the town centre of Villefranche-sur-Saône is a little warmer than the surrounding countryside, but here, the cherry blossom is in full song! I have a mix of locations – Beaune and the Beaujolais – but only one visit in the (Hautes)… Read More
There was wine over the weekend!
But only a modest couple of bottles! 2019 Gautheron, Chablis Emeraude A house wine since last April that has slowly taken on more precision – I like it much more now than 6 months ago – it’s all that I could wish for – except that most… Read More
A brace of 8s…
2008 Alex Gambal, St.Aubin 1er Murgers des Dents du Chien A little mould on top of the cork but it looks robust enough – not much of pop when it comes out though – maybe the issue here! This… Read More
weekend wines, week 20 2021
2019 Clos de la Chapelle, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Sous Frétille (Blanc) Cork, but a slightly thicker cork, I think… ooh – that’s super – not just a depth but a sweeping width of fresh citrus aroma – I am ready! Nicely mouth-filling with wine – such lovely… Read More