Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2016 Mâconnais
Vergisson, 24 July 2018… This tasting was a month or-so later than most years, but I still wasn’t going to pass up the chance to taste the creme de la creme of 2016’s Mâcons. Like the last couple of years, (practically) all the wines… Read More
Auxey-Duresses: Village Profile
When it comes to white wine recommendations and the common old question of ‘what’s a better value alternative to Puligny or Meursault?‘ my toes curl and my teeth grind when people, with an assured air of superior knowledge, authoritatively boom – ‘Oh you should look at St.Aubin!‘ Save for a… Read More
Profile: Domaine Lafouge
Tasted in Auxey with Gilles Lafouge at the end of June 2018. Domaine Lafouge Rue du Pont Boillot 21190 Auxey-Duresses Tel: +33 3 80 21 68 17 This 12 hectare domaine is now into its 5th generation, the son of Gilles, 20, is now at the Lycée… Read More
Profile: Domaine Michel Prunier & Fille
Tasted in Auxey-Duresses with Estelle Prunier and the end of June 2018. Domaine Michel Prunier & Fille Route de Beaune 21190 Auxey-Duresses Tel: +33 3 80 21 21 05 www.domainemichelprunieretfille.com Michel Prunier is a character that many visitors to the Côte d’Or may… Read More
the measly montrachet 2016 update – for #ChardonnayDay
Pierre Vincent of Domaine Leflaive, pictured posing with the amalgamated 2016 production of 6 owners in Le Montrachet – image from October 2017 I’m sure you all remember the story of the frost at the end of April 2016, it was particularly cruel on the Chassagne-side of Montrachet… Read More
Profile: Domaine Roland Lavantureux
Tasted in Lignorelles with David Lavantureux, 11 January 2018. Domaine Roland Lavantureux 4 Rue Saint-Martin 89800 Lignorelles Tel: +33 3 86 47 53 75 www.chablis-lavantureux.fr Brothers, Arnaud and David Lavantureux have been working together at the family domaine since 2010, their father… Read More
Profile: Domaine du Clos du Roi
Tasted in Coulanges la Vineuse with Magali Bernard, 05 January 2018. Domaine du Clos du Roi 17 rue André Vildieu 89580 Coulanges la Vineuse Tel: +33 3 86 42 25 72 www.closduroi.com I first met Magali Bernard when blind tasting wines for the… Read More
Marchand-Tawse & Domaine Tawse – 2016
Tasted with Mark Fincham in Nuits St.Georges and Beaune, 07 and 12 December 2017. Marchand-Tawse 9 Rue Julie Godemet 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 20 37 32 www.marchand-tawse.com A complicated tasting as multiple locations and different days to taste just about everything… Read More
Dublère – 2016
Tasted in Savigny (sort-of) with Blair Pethel, the 16 November 2017. Domaine Dublère 2 Chemin des Planchots 21420, Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 6 86 92 00 29 www.domaine-dublere.com Blair Pethel on 2017: “Hurrah for 2017! We really needed that. It was a vintage where we… Read More