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
DIAM and the eventual triumph of empiricism…
A discussion of why I believe DIAM to be my closure of choice for white burgundy. For a number of years I’ve recommended here in Burgundy Report that you either drink your white burgundy young – let’s say within 3-5 years of release – or that you buy… Read More
Louis Boillot, Ghislaine Barthod – 2016
Tasted with Clément Boillot-Barthod in Chambolle-Musigny, 31 January 2018. Domaines Louis Boillot et Fils & Ghislaine Barthod 4 Rue du Lavoir 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 80 16 Clément on 2017: “2017 was a very good harvest, and Volnay was one of the best… Read More
Joseph Drouhin – 2016
Tasted in Beaune with Véronique Drouhin, 23 November 2017. Maison Joseph Drouhin 7 Rue d’Enfer 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 68 88 www.drouhin.com Véronique on 2016: “Prices are not going down this year, unfortunately! “The 2016 growing year had been… Read More
2016 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 November, 2017. This was the seventh presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The format was the… Read More
2014 Marsannay (plus more)
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Bernard Bouvier, Isabelle Collotte, Laurent Fournier, Sylvain Pataille and Jean-François Guyard. For me, and for a long time, Marsannay was more about producers and just a few lieu-dits (apparently there are 69 producers of Marsannay) and that’s because it’s a big and complicated… Read More
Marsannay: Village Profile
As the most northerly outpost of the Côte d’Or, Marsannay sits in the long shadow of Dijon. The hill of Marsannay forms a complex, clay-limestone (middle Jurassic) east-facing hillside that has many geological faults and is intersected by multiple Combes (side valleys). It is clearly consistent and continuous with… Read More
2015 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 17 November, 2016. This was the sixth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report. The format was the same as each year,… Read More
arlaud vendange diary – day 3
Arlaud Vendange Day 3, Monday 26th Sept 2016 The aforementioned rest day arrives. ‘Overslept’ until 7.30, extremely fatigued by the previous two days exertions, but was still first into the refectoire. Boy though, was I stiff in the legs and hips areas. Initially, I concentrated on computing, writing, camera… Read More