Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux – Latricières
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée on a very wet day with Charles Lachaux, 04 April, 2018. Above, in front of his Latricières – we didn’t get out of the car! Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux 3, Route Nationale 74 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 61 08 41… Read More
Domaine Camus – Latricières
Tasted with Mlle Camus in Gevrey-Chambertin, 25 April 2018. Pictured above, looking towards the east and the Route des Grands Crus, to the left the Latricières vines of Camus, to the right the newly ploughed vines of Rossignol-Trapet in Aux Combottes. Domaine Camus Père et Fils 21… Read More
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
finishing the grands jours with the paulée in marsannay
We finished the the week of the Grands Jours with the Paulée de Marsannay. The last time I went (2014 I think) I’m sorry to say it was a very boring affair, the combination of a very ‘quiet’ table and an interminable ‘presentation’ by Jonathan Nossiter –… Read More
2016 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 November, 2017. This was the seventh presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The format was the… Read More
And 2015? – nearly 50 wines now bottled
Nice to see how the bottled wines now look – plenty of truly great reds, though much harder to find great whites – seemingly more success by domaine than by particular wines in the whites! The whites: 2015 De Villaine, Bouzeron A modest nose, quite tight. Full, saline, slowly… Read More
Profile: Domaine Heresztyn-Mazzini
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Florence Heresztyn, 02 May 2017. Domaine Heresztyn-Mazzini 27 Rue Richebourg 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel. +33 (0)3 80 34 13 99 www.heresztyn-mazzini.com This domaine is to be found right in the centre of Gevrey-Chambertin – you might choose a range of shops… Read More
2015 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 17 November, 2016. This was the sixth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report. The format was the same as each year,… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More