The 1998 Burgundy Vintage – 20 years on…
I have been so looking forward to tasting these 1998s. I cut my teeth of the wines of 1993-1995 and the 1996s were the first en-primeur wines that I bought. I tasted some 1996 and 1997s in Burgundy but only started to regularly taste from cask from the 2000 vintage… Read More
this week’s icymi…
What’s new in Beaujolais – well the Louis Latour thing is old news – here at least! I was actually the first journalist to taste the first vintage of that wine after bottling! Géraldine Godot at Domaine de l’Arlot – always worth your (my!)… Read More
JF Mugnier – 2016
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Frédéric Mugnier, 14 November, 2017. Domaine Jacques Frederic Mugnier Rue de Vergy 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 85 39 www.mugnier.fr Frédéric on 2017: “2017 was, I’d say, ideal. There was the possibility of frost but we… Read More
The 1997s – 20 years on…
It seems that it has been 14 years (!) since I took a look at this vintage. Back then, 20 years sounded about right for good vineyards from an ‘early maturing’ vintage. So let’s do it: For the last 10 years, or more, the… Read More
2017 harvest – 13 september
Chambolle today… The morning was pretty Autumnal and cold, so it was a surprise when it became a little muggy and 24°C in the afternoon – rain was forecast but never really materialised. I started my afternoon tour on the northern border of Chambolle-Musigny with Morey –… Read More
a lesson in pruning musigny…
Eric Bourgogne of de Vogüé graciously gave me a lesson in pruning in Musigny today – it’s impressive the attention to detail that Eric has; quickly removing spare buds and generally tidying the ‘pieds’ and spotting the camouflaged caterpillars. I think it was probably a good idea that he never… Read More
the return of musigny blanc
We were alerted to this by a comment on these pages over a week ago – I asked for info from the domaine – the response came back today: “Indeed, 2015 sees the comeback from the great Musigny Blanc after a lengthy period. This should satisfy our loyal customers and… Read More
weekend wines – week 41
Believe it or not, on Sunday, there was no wine… But Saturday allowed me to finish the 2002 Engel and the 2001 Clos de Tart, plus open the de Vogüé and the Mugnier. The Engel held up perfectly (stoppered and left at about 15°C overnight), and the Clos de… Read More
Newman – 2014
Tasted in Beaune with Jane Eyre, 30 June 2016 Domaine Newman 29 Boulevard Clemenceau 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 80 96 www.domainenewman.com Chris Newman is from New Orleans, his father was lucky enough to buy some grand cru vines in 1952, vines… Read More