04-Sept – my 2022 Burgundy harvest day 5
A busy long weekend, so now’s the time to catch up. Friday and Saturday I was touring with a client so no (extra!) dirtying of my hands/fingernails. Of course, there are practically no domaines that are open for tastings during the harvesting period – and you could double that on… Read More
01-Sept – my 2022 Burgundy harvest day 2
Day 2. Corton from Savigny’s Aux Vergelesses An earlier start for me as I wanted to be in the vines with the pickers – Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Aux Vergelesses – and the views were worth the early alarm call! So far we have avoided rain though storms are… Read More
rounding up some recent bottles…
I have been lacking in my ‘home bottle’ notes of recent, mainly because I’ve been drinking plenty of my ‘home’ wines – ie ones that you’ve already seen too often in these pages – but here are a few different ones: 2020 Ardhuy, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Chaumes… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
Samuel Billaud – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Samuel Billaud, 14 January 2022. Domaine Samuel Billaud 8 Boulevard Dr Tacussel 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 6 37 52 50 32 www.samuel-billaud.com More reports with Domaine Samuel Billaud Samuel on 2021: “21… Read More
Gérard Mugneret – 2020
Tasted with Pascal Mugneret in Vosne-Romanée, 17 November 2021. Domaine Gérard Mugneret 7 rue de la Grand Velle 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 03 80 61 09 95 www.gerard-mugneret.fr More reports with Domaine Gérard Mugneret Pascal on 2020:… Read More
a few recent wines…
See, it’s not always foggy in the Autumn! – Volnay, looking down over the Clos des Ducs All these wines (over the last 12-14 days showed well. I won’t re-bore you with notes for either the Château Thivin or the Gauthier Montmains as they are practically house… Read More
Frédéric Esmonin – 2020
Tasted with Fred’s father, André, in Gevery-Chambertin – Fred and André pictured, 22 July 2021. Domaine Frédéric Esmonin Les Estournelles 12 Rue du Chêne 21220, Gevrey Chambertin Tel. +33 9 79 66 20 27 More reports with Domaine Frédéric Esmonin I never… Read More
April 2021’s Burgundy Report
HERE Domaines number 299-320 visited since I began my tour of 2019s – though one chose to present their 2018s! In this issue, I visited more new domains (for here) than the older names I caught up with – for instance producers who provided great… Read More