Côte de Nuits – mainly Gevrey-Chambertin
Domaine Guyard 10 rue du Puits de Tet 21160 Marsannay la Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 14 46 www.alainguyard.com Alain has 8.5 hectares and is based in Marsannay. 2015 Marsannay A bright and wide red-fruited nose. Energy, nice fruit –… Read More
Comte Liger-Belair – 2016
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, 20 November 2017. Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair 1 Rue du Château 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 62 13 70 www.liger-belair.fr Louis-Michel on 2017: “2017 – it’s a good vintage. We had no frost, lots of straw burning… Read More
Vincent Girardin – 2016
Tasted with Eric Germain in Meursault, 05 October 2017. Domaine Vincent Girardin “Les Champs Lins” BP 48 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 20 81 00 http://www.vincentgirardin.com Eric on 2017: “A good vintage, with quality and quantity in 2017. We used only 1,500… Read More
only 56 years age difference…
I suppose that given the title, you might be forgiven for assuming that sub-title could be ‘A Las Vegas Wedding!’ Boringly, this is actually about wine, but certainly not about boring wines… 1959 Maison Roger Moreau, Gevrey-Chambertin “Clos Saint Jacques” I bought a few of these at an… Read More
2017 harvest – 04 september
The Clos de Vougeot about 17h00 today. There’s a wave of new starters in the vines today and interestingly, a number of producers are noting that they are harvesting vineyards on exactly the same day as in 2015 – that will be a good comparison in the future. Read More
Vincent Girardin – 2015
Tasted with Eric Germain in Meursault, right with daughter Valentine, 28 April 2017. Domaine Vincent Girardin “Les Champs Lins” BP 48 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 20 81 00 http://www.vincentgirardin.com It was ‘touch and go’ with the weather when I visited the team… Read More
Burgundy’s merchant class – facing up to a changing market
Versus a generation ago – let us say 30 years – the market dynamics of traders who buy and sell wine have been far from static. The traditional Beaune-based merchants, or the ‘Maisons’ remain the focus of commentators but they have much more competition today, and at all levels… Read More
Chablis 2012 – Premier Crus
2012 Chablis 1er Crus, all tasted in Chablis 17th March. The wines are listed in the order of tasting. The overall quality is the best and most consistent that I’ve ever tasted. Many without my extra-special recommendation are also great wines. I like that the wines show an almost phenolic… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More