Jean Loron – almost Beaujolais!
Tasted in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet and Jean Pierre Rodet, 31st March 2015. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr Philippe Bardet was always a useful contact when he ran the Louis Max… Read More
a yorkshire lunch
Tuesday 14th April @ Sous le Nez in Leeds A few old pals got together; 3 from Yorkshire plus a proud Lancastrian and an innocent bystander from Switzerland! We didn’t have a theme, and I was handicapped by only having the wines that I thought might be ‘useful’… Read More
Clos de Vougeot 2011 – blind tasted…
Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… Read More
GJB: Grand Crus Blind – 2011+2008
Grands Maisons, Grand Crus at the Clos de Vougeot, 20 March, 2014 All of these wines were tasted blind by me. Actually they are presented in the format “Wine 1. Chablis Les Clos” so you know the vineyard but not the producer – though, if there had been a Chablis… Read More
Burgundy Reports
A Burgundy Report EXTRA! subscription costs 85 Swiss Francs per year. Subscribe to Burgundy Report See what you’re missing, below… The 2019 Reports: March 2019All Styles:New names from Chablis2017 Beaujolais Blanc & Irancy, screw-caps & more…… Read More
more weekend bottles…
As always, I started with an old one, the ’92 Fixin Les Clos from D&V Berthaut – and what a bit of a stunner it was! An enveloping, warm strawberry nose was also reflected by the ripe fruit flavour… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
The big round-up
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly tasted with producers at the end of March 2012 – almost 200 wines – the bulk are culled from tastings put on for the Grands Jours de Bourgogne which happens every two years. I’ll start with a selection of wines from Beaune, followed by… Read More
Beaune: Village Profile
The town of Beaune itself is built on and from the stone of the surrounding hillsides, many ancient quarries are still visible as you walk through the Beaune hillsides. The name Beaune possibly comes from Belen, the Celtic god or Belena, the small river that traverses the city. Read More