jadot vosne-romanée 1er petits monts 02 plus vosne pics…
Louis Jadot Vosne-Romanée 1er 2002 Petits Monts As I opened a Vosne, I have an excuse to add a few photos (below) from a promenade of sorts I made in the village last week. As you can see, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair’s ‘I’m the only crane in the village’ crown has gone… Read More
saturday 27th update
Cool photo reportage from the harvest. Before Lunch: So far this morning we triaged grapes from Ladoix that are destined for a Côtes de Beaune. Far, far better than my expectation; almost no rot – I may have worked only 5 vintages, but I’ve not seen cleaner grapes… Read More
bookending the 2007 harvest
My cold has intensified so no bottles, I just round up a few loose-ends. If it carries on, by Tuesday I’ll have to cancel my appointments in Burgundy, set for Friday 🙁 Anyway, I thought I’d ‘book-end’ the 2007 burgundy harvest report with a round-up of some producer reports. We… Read More
Vosne-Romanée: Village Profile
— a little village history — the vineyards — a selection of wines — Vosne-Romanée holds an exalted status in the minds of burgundy ‘worshipers’ – in this context I use the term, worshiper assuredly – any day of the week, rain or shine, you will… Read More
The Dijon School…Part II
Now including the the addition of the Côte de Beaune producers. No real text additions vs the last issue except to say ‘Congratulations’ to Carel Voorhuis who we met in the last report – in the last few days of March 2005 he was elected the Président de la… Read More
The Dijon School
Wine as Art? Wine can be like art, it inspires it disappoints. Like art, certain schools come together from time to time. They push the boundaries, share their knowledge and produce art that often defines a new approach… There is a new school in town, one that I’ve christened… Read More
weekend wines – week 12 2020
The variety of Burgundy in 3 bottles: 2013 Comte Liger-Belair, Nuits St.Georges 1er Aux Cras Like Louis-Michel’s 2013 villages Vosnes, there’s a little reduction here – but here it’s on a much lower level than those wines. The wine starts round – both the aromas and the… Read More
monday 16 Sept – harvest 2019 update
Savigny 1er Les Vergelesses We start Monday with some white Pernand villages – Les Pins – a few hail impacts and also a few dried grapes to remove, but cool and fresh from the vineyards, this first-picked wine of the day has grapes that were oh-so delicious… Read More
weekend wines – week 16 2019
A super-successful, eclectic, bunch of wines this weekend… 2017 Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay Blanc Chardonnay Rose I’d already tasted one with him last week, but as I was leaving his… Read More