henri jayer – the last hurrah?
Auction catalogue screenshot 12 April 2018 On June 17 2018, there will be an auction of burgundy wines that has very little (recent) equal. It will take place in Geneva under the auspices of Baghera Wines. Whilst incredulous of a number of lots in… Read More
icymi – erwan’s changes, ‘remarkable’ & hopefully no white elephants
Three things have caught my eye in the last days: “My father favours wines that are big, tannic and my direction is the opposite” – Erwan Faiveley “Aubert de Villaine, co-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti has said the 2015 vintage ranks as perhaps the most… Read More
benoit germain’s 1995 beaune 1er les teurons
It’s a little more than 7 years since I visited Benoit Germain in Chorey-lès-Beaune, and for the combination of great weather, great wines and Benoit’s shining personality, it was my favourite visit… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2016
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Bertrand de Villaine, 14th December, 2017. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Aubert last year on on 2016: “People think the year was bad, only because of one day of frost, and yes we lost 90%… 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
Monette – 2016
Tasted with Roelof Ligtmans in Mercurey, 06 November 2017. Domaine de la Monette 15 Rue du Château 71640 Mercurey Tel: +33 3 85 98 07 99 www.domainedelamonette.fr Roelof on 2017: “2017 was quite chaotic for us; first there was the St.Vincent here in Mercurey,… Read More
Central Otago – in Beaune
Tasted in the Hospices de Beaune on Friday 20 October. Since the mid-1990s I’ve had a special place for pinot noir from New Zealand. The wines had a special quality that regions other than Burgundy largely fail to deliver. The quality of freshness. And by that I don’t… Read More
2015 Red Burgundy
The red harvest in 2015 was a little lower volume than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – just 1% lower – but with so many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years, this actually remains a very modest volume vintage: Many producers were surprised by the low… Read More
Romanée-Conti – 2015
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Aubert de Villaine, 15 December, 2016. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1 Place de l’Église 21700 Vosne-Romanée www.romanee-conti.com Aubert on 2016: “People think the year was bad, only because of one day of frost, and yes we lost 90% in Grands-Echézeaux and… Read More