A couple of wines…
Getting the old taste buds back into action !! 2020 Chablisienne, Chablis 1er Montmains This was great wine – pre-bottling – I ordered a dozen. After taking delivery, it was obvious from the first bottle I opened that there were pyrazines in here though – shit! This… Read More
2023 Burgundy harvest – 10 September
A clean press! Corton-Charlemagne Corton-Renardes Pernand Sous Frétille Our little red friends It’s hot out there! At the home domaine we are starting as early… Read More
the weekend’s duo… (week 21 2023)
It’s been a while since I introduced some real bottles to you – there have been many others of-course (below) – and, unfortunately, it will be short while before there will be more! I now face two weeks of antibiotics due to tick-borne borreliosis – or Lyme disease. Read More
Testut – 2021
Tasted in Chablis with Cyril Testut, 09 January 2023. Domaine Testut 38, rue des Moulins 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 45 00 www.domaine-testut.fr More reports with Domaine Testut Cyril on 2022: “I’m happy for now – it’s a good year – our normal volume – no VCI here.”… Read More
Chablis 2020 – trouble at’ mill – weekend 29 2022…
At the risk of boring you, the hot weekend weather demands a cool bottle – or three – of Chablis. Unfortunately, this was a very unsatisfactory bunch. I feel a note to subscribers coming on – of the mea-culpa type – these 2020 pyrazines are becoming more and… Read More
Testut – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Cyril Testut, 26 January 2022. Domaine Testut 38, rue des Moulins 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 45 00 www.domaine-testut.fr More reports with Domaine Testut Cyril on 2020: “We managed… Read More
Nathalie & Gilles Fèvre – 2020
Tasted in Fontenay-près-Chablis with Nathalie Fèvre, 26 January 2022. Domaine Nathalie et Gilles Fèvre Route de Chablis 89800 Fontenay-près-Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 18 94 47 www.nathalieetgillesfevre.com More reports with Domaine Nathalie & Gilles Fèvre Nathalie 2021: “I… Read More
weekend wines – week 48 2021…
2016 Chablisienne, Chablis Grenouilles A wide and attractively open nose – at first sniff the slightly exotic fruit might pull you away from Chablis but its purity and a growing seashore note might bring… Read More
Stéphanie Colinot – 2019
Tasted with Stéphanie Colinot in Villy, 11 May 2021. Domaine Stéphanie Colinot 1 Rue St.Etienne 89800 Villy Tel: +33 6 81 27 08 32 www.stephanie-colinot.fr Stéphanie comes from a family domaine in Irancy where she helped to make the wine for 16 years… Read More