2017 Red Burgundy Report
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More
icymi – week 51 2018 – investment burgundy
/thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/12/the-rise-of-other-burgundy/ There’s an obvious problem with this, and you can see that right from the bold title of the table introducing you to such delights – the table is by value, not by volume. Of-course a few of the wines in the table… Read More
The 2018 Burgundy Vintage – what we know in 2018 – and a few pointers…
Grand Cru Chablis – harvested later that day. This was my 15th consecutive harvest in Burgundy – triaging the grapes of multiple villages. I believe that this, together with questioning the winemakers, is the best balance of first-hand and third-party input required to comment on the vintage. Read More
home harvest day -1
Back to Beaune, and it’s a lot warmer here than it was in Bern! There has been a little rain in both the Côte d’Or and Chablis over the weekend, which will help with grape maturity. Over the weekend, and today, there were more producers jumping into the vines… Read More
offer of the day – drouhin-laroze 2016
DOMAINE DROUHIN-LAROZE 2016 – En Primeur Gevrey-Chambertin En Champs 2016 75cl 49.50* Swiss Francs Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaut-St-Jacques 1er Cru 2016 75cl 65.00 GRAND CRUS Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru 2016 75 cl 119.00 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2016 75cl 125.00 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2016 75cl 145.00 Chambertin Clos… Read More
beyond avarice…
I suppose that I’m mandated to make a comment on the aftermath of this – ie the sale of the Clos de Tart by the Mommessin family shareholders for an undisclosed sum – but let’s say €250 million – some important personas in Burgundy say ‘no, over 300!‘ I was… Read More
weekend wines – week 24 – 2017
I decided to keep the riesling theme for this (again) hot weekend, but this time with a little higher niveau. First a little ‘industrial’ Prosecco (superiore!) – finely refreshing when very cold. The 2009 Niederhauser Klamm wine of von Racknitz was just a delicious wine – both depth and… Read More
arlaud vendange diary – day 4
Arlaud Vendange Day 4, Tuesday 27th Sept 2016 Am starting to type this at 6.24 a.m Saturday morning, grabbing some rare free time, having managed to get Day 3 stuff to Bill last night. Its raining outside and has been heavily overnight I think so today (Saturday) could be ‘hilarious’… Read More
week(end) 11 – a tasty wine selection (part 1)…
2000 Louis Jadot, Beaune 1er Clos des Ursules This must be about the 7th or 8th bottle from a full case – like all the others, this has a modest intensity but a far from modest complexity and overall drinkability. Lovely wine – also a better showing than… Read More
