Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping and spitting; these wines were really drunk and predominantly at home with food and friends between November 2004 and March 2005. I started 2005 with a few 1999 Vosne 1ers – usually very good, occasionally fabulous. Plenty of 2002’s that are very nice, but aren’t quite so… Read More
Round-up of all wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between July 2004 and the end of October 2004. Corkwatch: 5 from 83 = 6.0% Regional Wines (8) Villages Wines (24) Premier Cru Wines (27) Grand Cru… Read More
Vougeraie – 2017
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot, 02 April, 2018. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Sylvie on 2018: “Our 2018 harvest started in August, and with the… Read More
Vougeraie – 2016
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot and François Lecaillon, 14 November, 2017. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com The first tasting here since Pierre Vincent has moved-on to Domaine Leflaive. Read More
Vougeraie – 2015
Tasted in Premeaux with Pierre Vincent, 02 December, 2016. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Pierre is moving on: I’m not (knowingly) breaking any embargo here, despite having seen… Read More
Vougeraie – 2014
Tasted in Premeaux with Pierre Vincent, 16 November, 2015. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com With the resources of JC Boisset this domaine continues to grow. Today there are… Read More
3. The Evolution of Evocelles
At the end of February, I took a walk around the impressive work done by the Boisset group in Gevrey’s Les Evocelles; new walls and a big area of vines enclosed by it, right at the top of the hill below the trees. I know that some members… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted ‘en-place’
150 wines for you. d’Ardhuy (Corgoloin) Albert Bichot (Beaune) JC Boisset (Nuits) Simon Bize (Savigny) Camille-Giroud (Beaune) Champy (Beaune) Louis Chenu (Savigny) Dublère (Savigny) Rebourgeon-Mure (Pom.) Seguin-Manuel (Beaune) The format of the majority of 2011 notes that follow,… Read More
Pommard New & Older (…1999)
From the Grands Jours in Burgundy at the end of March, one of my favourite tastings. In the grand rooms of the Château du Pommard the local growers presented their young wines – as always there wasn’t time for me to get around the whole thing, but I think there’s… Read More