Starting with two great 2017s then an almost equally great 2018 that still managed to annoy me! 2017 Claire & Fabien Chasselay, Brouilly Les Balloquets A lovely fresh, crunchy, dark-red fruit. Energy and freshness here – really a deliciously mouth-watering flavour – practically juicy. A wine that… Read More

All my magnums have been put to one side as we have been the quarantine-duo at home this Christmas – but still, an interesting range… Read More

It’s cold now and the roads are turning a little white – actually they will be very white when I reach my 1,000 metre peak in the Swiss Jura when heading to Beaune tonight! This will be the starting point of my final week of tastings in… Read More

Yes there have been some! I simply let the photos pile-up whilst going walking in the Swiss hills 🙂 My short reminisences: 1998 Gelin, Fixin 1er Clos Napoleon Here was a wine with… Read More

2009 Ardhuy, Corton Clos du Roi Less colour than the Renardes. Here there’s a little obvious whole-cluster in the… Read More

2005 Alex Gambal, St.Aubin 1er Les Murgers des Dents du Chien Golden colour though no browning. A perfumed roasted lemon is my first impression, a little spiced too. Time adds faint lanolin to the nose. In the mouth to my surprise, is a lovely sweeping line of… Read More

Wishing all you readers the very best for 2020 to come – let’s hope it’s an interesting year! For the Burgundy Report, virtually all the individual domaine reports are now online – just 5-6 more to add today/tomorrow to the November report. Then there… Read More

Just to show that I haven’t been ignoring my responsibilities these last couple of weeks – here’s the majority of bottles pulled from my own cellar in that time. I hold almost no notes in my head, but the basic impressions remain: The Armand Volnay was 2017, actually a… Read More

2014 Julien Duport, Côte de Brouilly Empreinte Plenty of colour. Hmm, airy, wide, elegant, modest fruit, less modest, indeed forward, florals – that’s a nice nose! The palate has fine width and a juicy, mouth-watering, style to the flavour – much more wine of line, than the… Read More