offer of the day – Domaine Leflaive 2021…
As always, from the same Swiss supplier each year. Priced in Swiss Francs (chf) Image (right) courtesy Domaine Leflaive: DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2021 – Puligny-Montrachet In brackets are the prices for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015 – though most of the 2018 prices are missing (—), sorry… Read More
Bessin-Tremblay – 2020
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Romain Bessin, 06 April 2022. Domaine Bessin-Tremblay 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 More reports for Domaine Bessin-Tremblay The obvious news for this 2020 vintage is the update to the domaine name. For the last couple of… Read More
Billaud-Simon – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Olivier Bailly, 07 April 2022. Domaine Billaud-Simon 1 quai de Reugny 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 10 33 www.billaud-simon.com More reports with Domaine Billaud-Simon Olivier on the frost of 2022: “Nothing was definitively pruned, so in many places, at this stage, I think zero… Read More
Moreau-Naudet – 2020
Tasted in Chablis with Virginie ‘Mimi’ Naudet, plus her daughter and guard-dog, 07 April 2022. Domaine Moreau-Naudet 4 chemin de la Vallée de Valvan 89800 Chablis Phone: +33 3 86 42 14 83 More reports with Domaine Moreau-Naudet Virginie on 2020: “20 was a bit like 19 – certainly for… Read More
Château des Jacques – 2020
Tasted in Romanèche-Thorins with Cyril Chirouze, 07 February 2022. Château des Jacques 47 Les Jacques 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 3 85 35 51 64 www.chateau-des-jacques.fr More reports with Château des Jacques Cyril on 2021: “Most of the frosted sectors can be pruned quite well but it needs more work –… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2020
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 08 February 2022. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports with Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2021: “In the mid-slope we didn’t get too much frost – the tops and bottoms of the hills were frosted… Read More
2020 Beaujolais: Fine – but it’s the acid-balance that hides the alcohol
2020 Red Burgundy Part 1: 82 Côte d’Or domaines – December 2021 2020 Red Burgundy Part 2: 68 Beaujolais domaines – February 2022 (14 more in March 2022) The view from Poncié to Moulin à Vent, February 2022 As a generality, 2020 was the second most precocious Beaujolais vintage in… 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
Olivier Lamy – Derrière Chez Edouard – both versions!
Monday saw me cancelling (re-arranging!) a couple of afternoon visits in Beaujolais and the reason? – Olivier Lamy made me an offer that I couldn’t refuse: “Bill, In Burgundy, according to writings from the Middle Ages until the appearance of phylloxera (19th century), vines were cultivated at high density, i.e. Read More