Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2017
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 05 February 2019. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 Daniel on 2018: “It was a good harvest in both quantity and quality. For one time the weather was with us – growth was… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2016
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 12 February 2018. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 Daniel on 2017: “2017 was a nice year for me with a better yield than in 2015 or 2016. The hail passed to the… Read More
A century of Moulin à Vent
Tasted in the Château Pizay, 12 October 2017. A press trip organised by the producers’ union of Moulin à Vent – a century of wines – that’s 100 wines, not 100 years! Despite my general reservations about ‘press trips’ this was perfectly executed with a small number… Read More
Saint-Véran: Village Profile
Of-course, the most astute and detail-conscious of you will note an issue with the ‘title’ for this page – there is no ‘village’ of Saint-Véran, but for the sake of consistency with the other AOC profiles on this site… Right, Saint-Véran ‘En Pommards’ – the photo taken from the… Read More
Jean Loron – 2015
Tasted in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet and Jean Pierre Rodet, 23 May 2017. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr Outside of occasional new domaine profiles, my annual look at the wines of… Read More
Profile: Daniel Bouland
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 17 February 2017. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 Daniel is the 4th generation of his family here in Corcelette, with his great-grandparents on his mother’s side here since 1814 – the Bouland name… Read More
a tour de beaujolais – plus…
Today I took a day-tour through Beaujolais with a little Saint-Veran and Pouilly-Fuissé tagged on for good measure. It started with blue sky and sunshine in Beaune, if only 14°C. Beaujolais, however, was cloudy with a temperature too warm for a pullover, but borderline too cold without – tsk…… Read More
Jean Loron
Tasted in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet and Jean Pierre Rodet, 11 April 2016. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr Jean Pierre Rodet on 2014: “2014 was a completely normal vintage; a… Read More