the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
Domaine Joliet – 2019
Tasted in Fixin with Bénigne Joliet, 04 August 2020. Domaine Joliet Manoir de la Perrière 21220 Fixin Tel: +33 3 80 52 47 85 www.domainejoliet.fr More reports on Domaine Joliet. Although I have visited to taste… Read More
20-August-20 – harvesting day 1 (at my home domaine)
Echézeaux – 20 Aug 2020 Yesterday saw the early harvesters – or more their early parcels – at work across Burgundy; Chablis, Mâconnais and Beaujolais, not just the producers in the Côte de Beaune. The Côte de Nuits still seems to have much time available; today… Read More
Profile: Château Vinzelles
Tasted in Vinzelles with Françoise de Lostende, 18 June 2020. Château de Vinzelles 360, rue du Château 71680 Vinzelles Tel: +33 3 85 35 60 97 www.chateau-de-vinzelles.com (currently out of order) Other reports with Château Vinzelles With… Read More
some weekend wine, as usual with some cork work…
Here’s a Bourgogne that always takes time to shed a certain austerity – it’s simply perfect right now. The second wine also has a touch of structure to subsume… 2002 Ghislaine Barthod, Bourgogne The cork is obviously going to a problem! As the waiter’s friend exerts its pressure… Read More
Paul Pernot – 2017
Tasted 01 October, 2018 in Puligny with Michel and Alina Pernot. Domaine Pernot Paul et Ses Fils 7 Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 32 35 www.domaine-pernot.com (not yet online) Domaine Pernot is a very important domaine in Puligny-Montrachet,… Read More
a special treat – weekend wines, week 46 2018
Certainly not every year, and hardly every second or third year, but every so often you have to do it properly eh? Or how can you have benchmarks? A couple of empty soldiers from a tasting chez Bouchard Père which I will write-up in my Bouchard visit report –… Read More
Romanée-Saint-Vivant – 20 years on
I’m planning a tasting of 16 different labels of RSV from the 1999 vintage – in Bern, in Spring 2019. All the bottles were bought by me between 2001 and 2002… Clearly it won’t be a cheap tasting, but get in touch if you’re interested to join – 10… Read More