Colombier – 2017
Tasted in Fontenay-Près-Chablis with Thierry Mothe, 09 January 2019. Domaine du Colombier 42 Grand Rue Fontenay-Près-Chablis, 89800 Tel: +33 3 86 42 15 04 www.chabliscolombier.com Thierry on 2018: “2018 – was a good year, the climate was good and we had less problems… Read More
Grands Maisons – Grands Crus – Edition 2018
Tasted in the Clos Frantin cuverie in Nuits St.Georges, 15 March 2018. This year heralded a new format for this ‘not to miss’ tasting. Previous years saw a blind tasting of ‘Maison’ wines in Clos de Vougeot – and no time for chatting or you wouldn’t have the time to… Read More
DIAM and the eventual triumph of empiricism…
A discussion of why I believe DIAM to be my closure of choice for white burgundy. For a number of years I’ve recommended here in Burgundy Report that you either drink your white burgundy young – let’s say within 3-5 years of release – or that you buy… Read More
2016 Chablis
Straight to the point: 2016 is like 2015 in that it is another delicious vintage in Chablis. Differing from 2015, the wines of 2016 are, generally, more classically Chablis due to having a fresher fruit profile – they have finesse and punch – but I quickly found 3 style… Read More
Colombier – 2016
Tasted in Fontenay-Près-Chablis with Thierry Mothe, 08 January 2018. Domaine du Colombier 42 Grand Rue Fontenay-Près-Chablis, 89800 Tel: +33 3 86 42 15 04 www.chabliscolombier.com Thierry on 2017: “2017 was a little bit better in terms of quantity vs 2016 – Fourchaume and… Read More
Colombier – 2015
Tasted in Fontenay-Près-Chablis with Marion Mothe, daughter of Thierry, 16 January 2015. Domaine du Colombier 42 Grand Rue Fontenay-Près-Chablis, 89800 Tel: +33 3 86 42 15 04 www.chabliscolombier.com Marion explains that the domaine is 54 hectares, run by 3 brothers; Thierry doing the commerce,… Read More
bouchard père’s 2005 chablis bougros
The other day, I found my last bottle of this whilst ‘rummaging!’ Bouchard don’t have any holdings in Chablis, separate from those of William Fevre – so this is actually a Fevre wine, sold into Switzerland by somebody who obviously didn’t have the exclusivity on William Fevre! 🙂 2005… Read More
Colombier – 2014
Tasted in Fontenay-Près-Chablis with Thierry Mothe, 06 January 2015. Domaine du Colombier 42 Grand Rue Fontenay-Près-Chablis, 89800 Tel: +33 3 86 42 15 04 www.chabliscolombier.com Thierry on the vintages: “2014 is excellent, and good in quantity too; very typical Chablis with minerality and… Read More
A jumble of blind Chablis…
Tasted blind in Zürich, 01 June 2015, with the crew of Vinifera-Mundi. Our subject was ‘Chablis Grand Cru’. I’d brought an interesting older white for pre-tasting drinks, but somehow it was incorporated into the tasting as a ‘pirate’ – it wasn’t the only one. Overall, I came… Read More