Tasted in Saint Aubin with Olivier Lamy, 27 August, 2016. Domaine Hubert Lamy 20 rue des Lavières 21190 St.Aubin Tel: +33 3 80 21 32 55 http://www.domainehubertlamy.com Father, Hubert, started with 1 hectare in a garage, and 30 years ago it was 80% red wine… Read More

Tasted in Denicé with Denis Chilliet, 18 May 2016. Château de Buffavent 855, route de Buffavent 69640 Denicé Tel: +33 9 52 78 50 50 buffavent.com Here, set in the vines of Beaujolais’ vigne d’Orée, is a little paradise. Just handful of minutes from… Read More

Tasted in Saint Aubin with Olivier Lamy, 12 October, 2015. Domaine Hubert Lamy 20 rue des Lavières 21190 St.Aubin Tel: +33 3 80 21 32 55 http://www.domainehubertlamy.com Father, Hubert started with 1 hectare in a garage. Today the domaine is a little larger – 18… Read More

Tasted in Préhy with Laurent Ternyck, 29th January 3015. Domaine de Mauperthuis 3, Grande rue de Chablis 89800 Préhy Tel: +33 3 86 41 42 70 www.domaine-marronniers.com All the previous wines from this domaine(s) that I’d tasted, I liked, so it was time to finally… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Marinette Garnier, 28th November, 2014. Jaffelin 2 Rue Paradis 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 49 A few bottles from this house dated 2006-2008 left an oak stain on my nose that I didn’t like – but examples in the last… Read More

Thanks are due to the BIVB in Chablis for helping to organise this tasting. Taking stock about one-third of the way through these wines; many seemed aromatically a little ‘sub-ripe’ for most pinot purists, that said, those same purists would have nothing to fear from the intense and… Read More

All these 2012 wines were tasted in Beaune, 19 March, 2014. I have to say that this was an unexpectedly arduous task. To save your pain, and indeed, extra pain for me, I produced 1 ‘average’ tasting note that covers the majority of these wines. Of-course I will give you… Read More