white wines with a red nose…
Impressed with my dexterity in Photoshop? Actually it is just a moody (blurred!) image from my phone… Only a few days after a day-trip to Mürren we find ourselves in Klosters – well it is the season! Mainly blue sky, but getting a little warm with sticky snow… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
a heavy weekend… (2)
Weekend wines. 2001 Truffière (Vincent Girardin), Puligny-Montrachet 1er Les Caillerets Medium gold. The nose majors on a residue of toasty oak and fainter gun-flint aromas. The bottle lasted under an hour, but was actually becoming less interesting with time. After the younger wines of the… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2008 and the end of March 2009. Just over 60 bottles are listed here, but there are another 219 dotted through this Spring Report that it didn’t make sense… Read More
Profile: Maison en Truffière (Meursault)
Truffière is actually a sub-label of Vincent Girardin, who runs a highly successful operation from his base in Meursault. It was about 2001 when Girardin moved from his former base in Santenay, to a purpose-built winery in the outskirts of Meursault. Whilst in Santenay, his focus was more… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More
low price – bourgogne or beaujolais?
The packaging is great. The expectation it sets also; Pinot Noir Les Vieilles Vignes. The price is not exceptional for a bourgogne, in fact at 20 Swiss francs it’s far from cheap. Let’s be clear, this is a nice tasty wine but tastes like Beaujolais not pinot – and… Read More
when the corks are okay – tollot-beaut & truffière
2002 Tollot-Beaut, Beaune Greves Deep cherry-red. The nose is quite super; a deep and forward mix of black and red cherry over subtly creamy oak. Depth, concentration and velvety texture, pushed by the mouthwatering acidity this is very long. There’s still a littly oaky bitterness on… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! No slurping and spitting; these wines were (in the main) really drunk, and mostly at home with food and friends between July 2005 and October 2005. … Corkwatch: 4 from 104 = 3.8% for ‘corked’ – best result for a while, apart from 2 being… Read More