Red burgundy from 1998
I can’t help it, I like 1998’s, most anyway… Don’t run away with the idea that they’re perfect, because they’re not. Of the forty wines drunk, they generally showed balance, deep colour, gorgeous fruit that’s often shaded to black, a little spice, excellent concentration and very good acidity. There is… Read More
2001 Romanée-Conti Montrachet
The colour is tending towards gold but I’d still describe it as medium lemon yellow. The nose is not obviously fruity, but shows amazing depth – you fall into a bottomless pit of butterscotch, fresh bread and faint vanilla. The nose really set me up for what I expected to… Read in the Note Finder
Roundup of all wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! Only the wines tasted in bottle appear here, for barrel samples you need to refer to the original articles:Corkwatch: 1 from 63 = 1.6% REGIONAL WINES 1993 Maison Leroy, Bourgogne Rouge Despite the abuse – as I pressed down my Screwpull, there was a… Read More
2001 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
. . . . the purest expression of pinot noir? There was something of the doctor’s waiting room, or maybe people huddled together in a moving lift – old acquaintances were greeted with the merest nod of recognition but few words. Actually it was a little more reverential than that,… Read More
Profile: Domaine Fourrier (Gevrey-Chambertin)
Jean-Marie Fourrier walks from barrel to barrel telling me that he has almost nothing to do in his cellar as he lets the wines make themselves – all his work comes in the vineyards and prior to placing the wines in barrel. It sounds simple – deceptively simple – but… Read More
Round-up of all wines
No slurping and spitting; these wines were drunk at home with food and friends between July and November 2004. I picked up a few regional 2002’s and whilst they weren’t bad, I had expected a little more given the vintage. Corkwatch: 2 from 78 = 2.6% REGIONAL WINES 2000… Read More
Profile: Maison Nicolas Potel (Nuits St.Georges)
UPDATE: Spring 2006 – The 2004s UPDATE: Spring 2007 – The 2005s UPDATE: Spring 2008 – The 2006s UPDATE: Summer 2009 – The 2007s and the end? Maison Nicolas Potel started life with the 1997 vintage. Much has already been said about the… Read More
Profile: Maison Alex Gambal (Beaune)
UPDATE: July 2004 – bottom of page UPDATE: Spring 2008 – The 2006s UPDATE: Autumn 2008 – The 2007s The négociant house of Alex Gambal first saw the light of day in July 1997. Alex Gambal, a native of Boston originally came to live in… Read More
1997 Red Burgundy
This vintage followed hot on the heels of the (almost) universally praised 1996 and the excellent in parts 1995 vintage. Then followed another excellent in parts vintage in the form of 1998 which was surmounted by the ‘once in a generation’ – or so we were led to believe –… Read More