Nuits Saint Georges: Village Profile
Despite having no Grand Crus to call its own, Nuits appended the name of its most important vineyard, Les St.Georges, on the 10th May 1892 to become Nuits-Saint-Georges – before that it was described as Nuits-sous-Beaune. When the railway came in 1849 the station here was… Read More
Saints or Sinners? – the 1993 red wines
The 1993 reds seem to be the focal point of much debate, indeed it seems to be an evermore polarised debate. For a number of years I’ve been a little agnostic over this ‘issue’, or even favouring the doubters: My first foray into the cellars of the Côte were in… Read More
3 fine bottles with less ‘fashionable’ labels
2017 Verret, Côtes d’Auxerre Chardonnay Les Gaudiers Chardonnay planted around Saint-Bris, cork sealed. This is a a good wine of both aromatic and flavour freshness that I would automatically assume comes from ‘northern’ Burgundy. It’s not astoundingly good wine per se, but tasty and an absolute… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
Roundup of all wines tasted…
No slurping and spitting. These wines were predominantly drunk at home with food and friends between February and July 2004. For the first time I’ve tried to bring a semblance of order to these notes, so in each section you will find the producers in alphabetical order!… Read More
Red burgundy from 1998
I can’t help it, I like 1998’s, most anyway… Don’t run away with the idea that they’re perfect, because they’re not. Of the forty wines drunk, they generally showed balance, deep colour, gorgeous fruit that’s often shaded to black, a little spice, excellent concentration and very good acidity. There is… Read More
2024 today – subtitled, the cold and the rain !!
Monday 22 April 2024 – Pinot flowers forming in villages Chassagne… I think that now is a good time to turn our attention to the 2024 vintage. Vintages ending in a 4 have not had the greatest run of publicity; 2014 is an unheralded vintage but was… Read More
Cécile Tremblay – 2022
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Cécile Tremblay, 27 November 2023. Domaine Cécile Tremblay 8 Rue de Très Girard 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis Tel: +33 3 45 83 60 08 www.domaine-ceciletremblay.fr Cécile’s Instagram More reports for Domaine Cécile Tremblay Cécile on 2023: “23? Wow! Almost as good, maybe better than 2019! We had… Read More
Bertrand Machard de Gramont – 2022
Tasted in Curtil-Vergy with Axelle Juillard (Machard de Gramont), 04 December 2023. Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont 13 Rue de Vergy 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 16 96 www.bertrand-macharddegramont.fr Domaine Instagram More reports for Domaine Bertrand Marchard de Gramont Axelle on 2023: “I had the impression that the… Read More