va-va-va-vaillons….
The other day, from a retailer’s sale selection, I could buy 4x Chablis Vaillons spanning the 2007-2010 vintages – so why not! Here are the first two (not an auspicious start!)… 2007 Domaine Servin, Chablis 1er Vaillons The… Read More
The big round-up
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly tasted with producers at the end of March 2012 – almost 200 wines – the bulk are culled from tastings put on for the Grands Jours de Bourgogne which happens every two years. I’ll start with a selection of wines from Beaune, followed by… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
bouchard père et fils 2005 chablis bougros
You may remember that one of my trio of William Fevres (yesterday) was corked. Of-course that put a momentary panic into the supply situation and I grabbed this from the cellar and put it in the freezer for that quick chill. Just a little later I remembered that I had… Read More
offer of the day
CHABLIS DOMAINE WILLIAM FEVRE 2007 PREMIERS CRUS – DOMAINE CHABLIS Montée de Tonnerre 75cl 39.50 SFr CHABLIS Fourchaume 75cl 39.50 CHABLIS Fourchaume Vignoble Vaulorent 75cl 55.00 GRANDS CRUS – DOMAINE CHABLIS Valmur 75cl 79.00 CHABLIS Bougros Côtes de Bouquerots 75cl 79.00 CHABLIS Les… Read More
offer of the week
William Fevre – and they’ve come a long way since the 2001 vintage – the price too, it’s just over double: PREMIERS CRUS CHABLIS Montée de Tonnerre 2007 37,5cl 22.00 Sfr CHABLIS Montée de Tonnerre 2007 75cl 39.50 CHABLIS Fourchaume Vignoble Vaulorent 2007 75cl 55.00 GRANDS… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! Normally this is a compendium of wines that, in the main, are really drunk with food, friends and family, but I would say about two thirds of this issue’s are from tastings, all though between December 2007 and March 2008. A higher incidence of corked… Read More
Grandes Maisons Tasting: Grands Jours de Bourgogne
A very interesting tasting followed by dinner in the Château du Vougeot, arranged by the ‘Union des Maisons de Vins de Bourgogne’ which is a trade body of the Burgundy négoce that celebrated it’s 150th anniversary in 2006. Thirty-seven grand crus were presented ‘half-blind’ – you knew it was… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between August and November 2007. There main exception in these pages are about 60 2005’s which were tasted at a large gathering in Zürich in November. Only… Read More