I like to keep things varied – in terms of the label – plenty of great acidity in this selection… Read More

A lovely, diverse, selection this weekend: 2014 Yvon et Laurent Vorcoret, Chablis 1er Fourchaume Still relatively modest colour. A nose that, after the Italian, is clearly… Read More

I see that Chézeaux have reverted to the slightly different 1990s labels with the faint image of the family house in the Clos de Chézeaux in Gevrey-Chambertin… 2015 des Chézeaux / Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Hmm, for a 2015 there’s a lot of freshness here – a silky, round… Read More

2014 Françoise André, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Les Vergelesses There’s a little curl of vanilla to what is otherwise a nice line of aromatic freshness with faint lime citrus. A sheen of fresh minerality over the palate – again accented with vanilla – but it’s a much fainter accent than… Read More

The 1997s have been a revelation in the last year; they were quite good when young but then entered a long phase of spicy, leathery aromatics with neither focus nor distinction – for a long time 1997 was aromatically one of my least favourite vintages. Today it’s quite different… Read More

A cellar search for something ‘disruptive and belligerent‘ – Laurent Ponsot is certainly disruptive so this was not a bad choice. Actually I was surprised to note that even the 2009s bear his domaine name stamped into the base of the bottle – I had assumed that this was,… Read More

Another quiet weekend, but this time two bottles on song… 2013 Domaine des Chézeaux / Ponsot, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Charmes Always a pain to remove these ‘plastic corks!’ Medium-plus colour in the glass. It smells great – plenty of aromatic volume, depth of fresh, ripe fruit too –… Read More