19 years of bio in the clos du château des ducs…
The Lafarge method of hand destemming: This morning Domaine Lafarge – that’s Michel (‘Lafarge Senior’ who made his first harvest in 1950) Frederic (whose first harvest was in 1979), Frederic’s wife Chantal Lafarge and their daughter Clothilde – harvested the grapes of their Volnay 1er Cru and monopole… Read More
Volnay 2014 – Nicolas Rossignol
Tasted in Beaune with Nicolas Rossignol, 28 February 2016. Having already tasted the 2014s of Nicolas in November, I’d been hoping to run a small vertical with Nicolas – Roncerets perhaps, as he likes it so much – but he was so ‘up’ on his new wines that he changed… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More
Roland Mure
Tasted with Julien Mure in Volnay, 10 February 2016. Domaine Roland Mure 15 Rue de Mont 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 63 63 There are some domaines in Volnay that you really wish would commercialise more of their own wine – Domaine Roland Mure would… Read More
week 05 2016 – the 2nd of february’s volnay visits
This week’s rogues’ gallery 😉 Domaine Pascal Mure Domaine Buffet Domaine Christophe Vaudoisey Domaine Regis Rossignol Doamine Jean-Marc Bouley Domaine Albert Boillot Domaine Montagny Domaine Alain Billard Domaine Perrin Domaine Didier Delagrange Domaine Rossignol-Cornu Domaine… Read More
Marchand-Tawse – 2014
Tasted with Pascal Marchand in Nuits, 03 December 2015; right, newly married Pascal and Amandine. Marchand-Tawse 9 Rue Julie Godemet 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 20 37 32 www.marchand-tawse.com The Còte de Beaune ‘domaine’ range has expanded here, with another 2+ hectares… Read More
The 1985 Red Vintage – today
The 1985s: a modern-day look at 1985 grand crus together with a 2005 selection of Chevalier/Montrachet apetisers… It’s definitely not every year that you get to look back at a properly mature vintage, and in enviable grand cru depth too, but it seems to me that 1985 is worthy of… Read More
laurent ponsot’s new ‘shop’ in beaune…
I thought this might be of interest to anyone in Beaune/Burgundy/France – it’s (to my knowledge) Laurent Ponsot’s’ first official ‘outlet.’ Attached to the Hotel de Beaune and the Bistro de l’Hôtel is a wine-shop – largely unremarkable in its first 18 months or-so – save for its… Read More
one (special) day in the climats…
Yesterday was a celebration of the successful entry of ‘Burgundy’ into the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. If you have seen some/most of the coverage since this was announced on Saturday, you will have mainly noted that Champagne, also a new ‘inscription’ has taken the headlines,… Read More