2020 Beaujolais: Fine – but it’s the acid-balance that hides the alcohol
2020 Red Burgundy Part 1: 82 Côte d’Or domaines – December 2021 2020 Red Burgundy Part 2: 68 Beaujolais domaines – February 2022 (14 more in March 2022) The view from Poncié to Moulin à Vent, February 2022 As a generality, 2020 was the second most precocious Beaujolais vintage in… Read More
l’Arlot – 2020
Tasted in Premeaux with Géraldine Godot, 19 November, 2021. Domaine de L’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 www.arlot.com More reports with Domaine de l’Arlot Géraldine on 2021: “I felt that there was no summer… Read More
2020 Red Burgundy
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) The Côte d’Or – December 2021 2020 Red Burgundy Part 2: Beaujolais – February 2022 Beaune 1er Belissand 21 August 2020… What about the 2020 reds in the Côte d’Or? 2018-2020 are a trio of, historically, hot… Read More
Clos des Cortons Faiveley, Monopole – A Vineyard Profile
The northern wall of the Clos des Cortons Faiveley above the village of Ladoix, May 2021. Pierre Faiveley founded Maison Joseph Faiveley in 1825 – Joseph was the name of his 2-year-old son at the time. Pierre piloted the company for over 50 years and his last… Read More
drinking to excess…
Excess, in this case, not necessarily volume-related… I’d planned to post on this modest line-up of bottles early last week – but the frost-related events of the week made me reconsider my timing – despite bottles such as these being the marketing livelihood of the region – or… Read More
l’Arlot – 2019
Tasted in Premeaux with Géraldine Godot, 20 November, 2020. Domaine de L’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 www.arlot.com More reports for Domaine de l’Arlot Géraldine on 2020: “We started and finished in August –… Read More
2019 Red Burgundy – Part 2 – Côte de Nuits
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: Côte de Beaune – November 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 2: (Here) Côte de Nuits – December 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2021 Aux Malconsorts 30 August 2019… What about… Read More
Bruno Clair – 2019
Tasted in Marsannay with Philippe Brun & Bruno Clair, 07 December 2020. Domaine Bruno Clair 5 Rue du Vieux Collège 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 28 95 www.bruno-clair.com More reports for Domaine Bruno Clair Philippe and… Read More
Joseph Drouhin – 2019
Tasted in Beaune with Véronique Drouhin, 09 December 2020. Maison Joseph Drouhin 7 Rue d’Enfer 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 68 88 www.drouhin.com More reports for Maison Joseph Drouhin A change of scene this… Read More