la maison – vougeot
Last Saturday we paid a visit to a new ‘thing’ in Vougeot. The Boissets have chosen to open a new retail opportunity in Vougeot – here you can buy the wines of Domaine de la Vougeraie, JCB (from Jean-Charles Boisset) and the Jean-Claude Boisset range overseen by Grégory Patriat. These… Read More
weekend wines from week 24…
Just a couple of modest ones to start with then another where I didn’t take a photo – slapped wrists! A good set this weekend! 1999 Gilles Remoriquet, Vosne-Romanée 1er Au Dessus des Malconsorts Deep colour. The nose is fresh, if a little meaty with macerating plum… Read More
Benjamin Leroux – 2014
Tasted in Beaune with Benjamin Leroux, 03 December 2015. Domaine Benjamin Leroux 5 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 71 06 www.benjamin-leroux.com Benjamin on 2015: “Wait and see…” Benjamin on 2014: “2014 has delivered really open wines. I like them… Read More
vendanges 2015 – vendanges!!
To be honest, it’s still very much the calm before the storm, but there are plenty of big names already in the vines… It started with Olivier Lamy on Wednesday and then on Thursday he was joined by Dominique Lafon and Jean-Marc Roulot – amongst others. Today both Dujac and… Read More
Benjamin Leroux – 2013
Tasted in Beaune with Benjamin Leroux, 9th December 2014. Domaine Benjamin Leroux 5 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 71 06 www.benjamin-leroux.com Benjamin on 2013: “There is a fine acidity and balance to be found in the 2013s. The malos were… Read More
Clos de Vougeot 2011 – blind tasted…
Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… Read More
de l’eau…
I drove to the Côtes yesterday evening – it started dry in Switzerland, but it soon got very wet in France. Only the last few kms before Beaune allowed me the luxury of ‘intermittent’ windscreen-wipers! It seems that the department of the Côte d’Or got it (the rain!)… Read More
Burgundy Harvest 15 September 2014…
A perfect pic by Caroline l’Estimé of Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Les Caillerets today. Typically, for my first day ‘on the job,’ today there are no grapes at the home domaine! They started with Volnay Lurets yesterday, harvested under the same benign 22°C and sunshine as… Read More
the contenders start their harvests…
Almost, but not quite, the last of the bottles drunk with Team NZ in Switzerland. Jasper has a few of the starters: Heavy rain this am chez moi but not on the vines I think. Lafon starts tomorrow, Ente on thursday…. The… Read More