weekend wines – week 38 2018
2014 Sylvain Pataille, Bourgogne Blanc Le Chapitre Quite a deep golden – but then Sylvain has never been one to shy away from ‘low sulfur.’ The nose is relatively tight but fresh with a little ripe mirabelle fruit possibly even baked apple pie but even a faint suggestion… Read More
Brouilly & Côte de Brouilly – 2017 (2016, 2015…)
Tasted in the offices of InterBeaujolais in Villefranche, 19 and 20 July 2018. What was already apparent last November when tasting 142 2017 Nouveaus, was confirmed by this early tasting of 2017s from Brouilly and Côte de Brouilly: Clearly 2017 is a ripe and concentrated vintage in… 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
mapping beaujolais
First published in 2015, I’m happy to have a full, physical, set of these useful maps – and you can now find them all – here online – courtesy (& of-course copyright!) of Inter Beaujolais; though I’m still prevaricating over having those physical versions framed… 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 little wine, weekend 8, 2017
2015 Château Thivin, Côte de Brouilly Clos Bertrand A good, deep 2015 colour – though still transparent. Ooh… That’s a deep and ripe dark-red fruit – lots of freshness though. Oof! It’s really the same on the palate too; a super line of fresh, ripe, red-fruited flavour of… 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
5. Beaujolais – that you should buy!
My list is far from exhaustive, and of-course it reflects my palate and the visits and blind tastings that I’ve made so far. I’m looking for real fruit, not artificial carbonic fruit! But here you will find some really great wines, wines priced from too low to ambitious for the… Read More
3. Beaujolais – Solving some problems(?)
The problems are manifest, but it’s time to look for ways out: A Place to Visit: For a wine to have market relevance, I often think that it must come from a place that compels people to visit, offering the opportunity to live the region and learn about the region. Read More