The baker’s dozen of blind Meursaults
Tasted in Zürich at the Carlton Restaurant, 13 June 2016. Meursault was the theme of our evening tasting in Zürich, organized by Jean-François Guyard of the Swiss website vinifera-mundi. The wines were poured in flights of three or four, blind, the identity of each wine was revealed following… Read More
Volnay ‘Various’ – Bouchard Père et Fils
Tasted With Frederic Weber in Beaune, 31 March 2016. We made a tour of Bouchard’s vines in Volnay – they have 6 hectares – before returning to the Château de Beaune for the tasting. The following is a list of notes taken during our tour: Caillerets ‘traverse’ section has old… 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
02-2016 Random Ruminations
Volnay Check out the (right, relatively recent) sign in the parking of Volnay, and you will see a list of about 40 domaines that actually reside in Volnay – and I thought to myself – ‘why not do them all?’ This should be a relatively ‘easy’ project as… Read More
Angerville – 2014
Tasted with Guillaume d’Angerville and François Duvivier in Volnay, 10 February 2016. Domaine Marquis d’Angerville Rue de Mont 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 61 75 www.domainedangerville.fr Guillaume on the 2014s: “The 2014s were not really affected by the hail… Read More
a relief for etienne and co…
Of that I’m completely sure… “In 2006, Kurniawan took 250 shares in a partnership created to buy several prestigious vineyards on Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, including some parcels of Beaune premiers crus and the Vosne-Romanée cru Malconsorts. Kurniawan’s shares constituted 22.73 percent of the six-person entity, named Etienne & Partners. The… Read More
The 1985 Red Vintage – today
The 1985s: a modern-day look at 1985 grand crus together with a 2005 selection of Chevalier/Montrachet apetisers… It’s definitely not every year that you get to look back at a properly mature vintage, and in enviable grand cru depth too, but it seems to me that 1985 is worthy of… Read More
Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières
The gate into the Clos des Perrières AOC Meursault Producer map of Meursault-Perrières Vertical of Albert Grivault’s Clos des Perrières 2017-1928 Officially, this is Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières, though you might also see labels where the… Read More
laurent ponsot’s new ‘shop’ in beaune…
I thought this might be of interest to anyone in Beaune/Burgundy/France – it’s (to my knowledge) Laurent Ponsot’s’ first official ‘outlet.’ Attached to the Hotel de Beaune and the Bistro de l’Hôtel is a wine-shop – largely unremarkable in its first 18 months or-so – save for its… Read More