GJB: Nuits St.Georges 1er Cru – 2012
Mainly 1ers, mostly 2012s, tasted in Nuits St.Georges with their makers on 16 and 18 March, 2014 First, a few Villages wines: 2012 Ballorin, Nuits St.Georges Belle Croix Dark colour. Deep aromas, some higher tones too. Full and round,… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
Profile: Domaine Georges & Pascale Chicotot (Nuits)
Clément, Georges & Pascale Chicotot I was first aware of Domaine Chicotot through a nice series of photos posted by Clément Chicotot on Facebook – his ducks are the motif to this report. Having asked if it would be okay to reprint his photos, I thought… Read More
White Burgundy, Christopher Fielden (1988)
Jointly Published by Christopher Helm (UK) and The Wine Appreciation Guild (US) A head-cold had determined that, for much of the last week, there was no value in opening bottles, so I thought I’d finish reading this book instead. And what a lucky boy, I even (somehow) managed to buy… Read More
New Wines from Nuits Producers
A tasting put on by the producers of Nuits St.Georges, 28.03.2010. A surprising number of the 2007s could be well described as ‘luncheon Nuits’, though I do find myself using the word ‘pretty’ quite often. These luncheon Nuits will offer you some very elegant drinking, it will just depend… Read More
offer of the day…
DOMAINE THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR 2007 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN Les Croix des Champs 75cl 45.00 Swiss Francs NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES La Charmotte 75cl 47.50 VOSNE-ROMANEE Aux Réas 75cl 66.00 NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Saint-Georges 75cl 85.00 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 109.00 RICHEBOURG 75cl 259.00 Observations? Well the villages wines are averagely priced except… Read More
Roundup of all wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! Only the wines tasted in bottle appear here, for barrel samples you need to refer to the original articles:Corkwatch: 1 from 63 = 1.6% REGIONAL WINES 1993 Maison Leroy, Bourgogne Rouge Despite the abuse – as I pressed down my Screwpull, there was a… Read More