harvest 2009 – monday 14th sept
So much for the forecasters; brilliant blue sky at 8 a.m. The north wind is now a blustery cold wind, but keep to the sun and you are fine. It’s a quite morning – racking the Meursault of Saturday afternoon into barrels, but no new fruit before lunch. We decide… Read More
a nice suprise
Remoissenet 1976 Le Montrachet Well back in March Bernard Repolt had said we were in for a treat “if the bottle is good”, but when the cork came out so did all my fears. I’d never seen anything like this before, but the good news was that the clean end… Read More
the one that got away
Clos St.Jacques Pernot-Fourrier A little tardy, but I thought I would share with you my notes on probably the only dinner that Bill didn’t get to in Glasgow last month. There were some beauties here, not least of which was the gorgeous Pernot-Fourrier. This is the same domaine as is… Read More
weekend dinner part 1…
Our weekend get-together, where I culled the notes for those super Remoissenet bottles, also included a ‘walk-round-tasting’ of bottles supplied by the attendees, followed (after a quick shower) by an evening dinner. Before we started dinner, I counted 21 bottles at our table – which sat 9 people… Read More
update thursday 25th sept
The weather is holding, so now it’s time to get serious. Here are a few early reports: DOMAINE LOUIS CHENU ET FILLES We started this morning with (Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er) Les Talmettes. We did a grapes selection, we have very few rotten grapes, but we have to check maturity. Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
‘Only’ 83 wines for you in this list – I was too busy to drink! From memory only one corked bottle… Regional Wines 2005 Bertagna, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes Medium, medium-plus cherry red. Frankly I don’t like the nose – it’s quite… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! Normally this is a compendium of wines that, in the main, are really drunk with food, friends and family, but I would say about two thirds of this issue’s are from tastings, all though between December 2007 and March 2008. A higher incidence of corked… Read More
2005 remmoissenet vosne-romanée
Continuing the Remmoissenet theme – only an 05 Gevrey still waits in the cellar for the corkscrew: 2005 Remoissenet, Vosne-Romanée From bought grapes. Deeper in colour than yesterday’s Beaune. The nose starts a little diffuse and coarse – seems affected by CO2 – 10 minutes… 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