Huguenot Père et Fils – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay with Philippe and Valérie Huguenot, 16 April 2019. Domaine Huguenot Père et Fils 7 Ruelle du Carron 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 11 56 www.domainehuguenot.com Philippe on 2018: For us it’s a lovely vintage; just about everything came at… Read More
Profile: Bart
Tasted in Marsannay with Pierre Bart, 25 April 2019. Domaine Bart 23 Rue Moreau 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 51 49 76 Domaine Andre Bart began life in modest fashion, and for many years had little more than 6 hectares of vines. In the early 1980s,… Read More
2017 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 15 November, 2018. This was the eighth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – the first tasting was done for the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The… 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
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