le harvest!
The time is nigh – I’ll be at the triage table from tomorrow for five days. Despite the early predictions of mid-August harvesting and the hot weather of the last couple of weeks, many will not start their picking until the calendar turns to September. There’s a big difference… Read More
Updates 2009s…
With the exception of Comte Liger-Belair – and that was anyway in May – here is a compendium of wines from Côte de Beaune producers. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s, the choice simply reflecting whether what was in cask was tastable or not – I’ve tasted many more from… Read More
Beaune: Village Profile
The town of Beaune itself is built on and from the stone of the surrounding hillsides, many ancient quarries are still visible as you walk through the Beaune hillsides. The name Beaune possibly comes from Belen, the Celtic god or Belena, the small river that traverses the city. Read More
beaune
A very enjoyable day today, three new domaines: Nicolas Rossignol, Duc de Magenta and Lejeune. Dinner in the Bistro Bouguignone with a Gambal 07 Fixin. I wonder what tomorrow will bring… 🙂 Share this:… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted (1er + GC)
Regional Wines (11) Villages Wines (28) Premier Cru Wines (76) Grand Cru Wines (25) 1er CRU WINES 1997 d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Clos des Ducs (Magnum) A soft, sweet and much redder fruited nose than the last bottles. The palate is medium intensity, coming… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between March and August 2007. There main exception in these pages are that the majority of the 1997’s were tasted at a large gathering in Beaune in… Read More
seven 97 volnays – not all are magnificent
This was not a bad group of wines, but was frankly dominated by the quality of the Lafon which I would unhesitatingly recommend. It was from a magnum, but then so were many others, so no advantage there. 1997 Camille Giroud, Volnay 1er Carelles It’s… Read More
Pommard: Village Profile
Pommard has an image problem. That’s a sad thing, though it seems that today’s growers have partly reaped what was sown by past generations; let’s be clear, little more than a generation ago a bottle labelled ‘Pommard’ was something of a lottery – not only from a quality perspective, but… Read More