A tasting of the monopoles of Premeaux-Prissey
The monopoles of Premeaux-Prissey are discussed in a little detail here, so on this page I will largely leave you with my general impressions – plus the notes of-course. Our format for this tasting was quite simple: Three tables of wine (later augmented with a 4th for… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More
camus 1998 chambertin
You may remember that I was mildly surprised by how good (or at least not bad) the quality of the Camus wines were: Well as the 2010 En-Primeurs are being rolled out, you might find you can buy this Chambertin for less than some ‘worthy’ producer’s villages Vosne,… Read More
le weekend…
Just a few notes from a lovely, sunny weekend. We were holed up in the Mâconnais village of St.Gengoux-le-National – which used to be le-Royal before the revolution – very picturesque and calm, the area is dotted with pretty little château. I can only think of one complaint; a… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between May and November 2010. Regional Wines (2) Villages Wines (21) Premier Cru Wines (19) Grand Cru Wines (7) REGIONAL WINES 2008 Camille Giroud, Bourgogne Cuvée Lees… Read More
Profile: Les Fuées 1er cru of Chambolle-Musigny
A summer trip through Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Fuées. The village of Chambolle-Musigny plugs the gap north of Vougeot, and South of Morey St.Denis. Chambolle is regarded as the ‘Volnay of the Côte de Nuits’, but like the rest of Burgundy, that’s an over-simplification. Yes there can be a delicacy… Read More
château de chorey 1996 beaune 1er teurons
After the 99 Château de Chambolle-Musigny villages, this 96 Château de Chorey 1er is clearly a much better wine – at least, from these 2 half-bottles anyway. I expect the ‘general market’ chooses to position these wines differently, but the market often occupies a world where taste is irrelevant. Read More
1996 Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain Beaune Les Teurons
Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is wide, and reasonably deep – lovely warm red fruit aromas that are edged with a little green seasoning – eventually the nose fills with floral top-notes too, aromatically this gets better and better, peaking after about 90 minutes. In the mouth there’s good acidity… Read in the Note Finder
luncheon bottles…
I needed to ‘get my hand in’ after a few wine-less days. What better than a long chat with a bunch of wine-centric people(?) My recollections, 24 hours later… 2002 Raveneaux, Chablis 1er Vaillons A relatively deep gold though… Read More