weekend wines – week 24 – 2017
I decided to keep the riesling theme for this (again) hot weekend, but this time with a little higher niveau. First a little ‘industrial’ Prosecco (superiore!) – finely refreshing when very cold. The 2009 Niederhauser Klamm wine of von Racknitz was just a delicious wine – both depth and… Read More
arlaud vendange diary – day 4
Arlaud Vendange Day 4, Tuesday 27th Sept 2016 Am starting to type this at 6.24 a.m Saturday morning, grabbing some rare free time, having managed to get Day 3 stuff to Bill last night. Its raining outside and has been heavily overnight I think so today (Saturday) could be ‘hilarious’… Read More
week(end) 11 – a tasty wine selection (part 1)…
2000 Louis Jadot, Beaune 1er Clos des Ursules This must be about the 7th or 8th bottle from a full case – like all the others, this has a modest intensity but a far from modest complexity and overall drinkability. Lovely wine – also a better showing than… Read More
Chantal Remy – 2014
Tasted in Morey with Florian Remy, 16 November 2015. Domaine Chantal Remy 1, place du Monument 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis Tel: +33 (0)3 80 34 32 59 www.domaine-chantal-remy.com Since the last time I visited, there has been a little more planting in the ‘garden’ –… Read More
Mark’s harvest: Vendange Day 7
ARLAUD VENDANGE – Day 7, Friday 21th Sept 2014 In my piece on Day six I overlooked mention of an unprecedented (for me at least) occurrence from previous vendanges, namely a Saturday close of lunch announcement from Herve that we would not be working Sunday hence all the locals should… Read More
2012 Vintage – merchant tasting
A merchant tasting, by Gerstl, in Bern 03 June, 2014. All the wines were tasted in the order listed here. Where multiple vintages were offered, I tasted only the current (2012) vintage. Domaine Guyon 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Platières… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
I could sing… (burgundy harvest 2013 – saturday 5th october)
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Crais – okay, if I was being picky, the chardonnay grapes are a little large 😉 In the last 24 hours I did three things I’d never done before (well, almost never…!) I ate a burger and chips approaching midnight after Friday’s late harvest finish, then… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted ‘en-place’
150 wines for you. d’Ardhuy (Corgoloin) Albert Bichot (Beaune) JC Boisset (Nuits) Simon Bize (Savigny) Camille-Giroud (Beaune) Champy (Beaune) Louis Chenu (Savigny) Dublère (Savigny) Rebourgeon-Mure (Pom.) Seguin-Manuel (Beaune) The format of the majority of 2011 notes that follow,… Read More