offer of the day – drouhin-laroze 2019
DOMAINE DROUHIN-LAROZE 2019 – En Primeur In brackets are the prices of the 2018s, 2017s and 2016s, from the same offers in previous years, from the same merchant. — means not offered… Gevrey-Chambertin En Champs 2019 75cl 59.00* (55.00, 49.50, 49.50) Swiss Francs Chambolle-Musigny 2019 75cl 68.00 (—)… Read More
2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
JA Ferret – 2019
Tasted with Audrey Braccini, in Fuissé, 02 November 2020. Domaine Ferret 166 rue Adrien Arcelin 71960 Fuissé Tel: +33 3 85 35 61 56 www.domaine-ferret.com More reports on Domaine Ferret Domaine Ferret has existed in Fuissé since… Read More
2018 Corton
2018 Corton… Ah, Corton – I have the memory of many great bottles but rarely were those great bottles less than 25 years of age – but the times they are a changin’… The most recent vintages – say 2015 onwards – have elevated the ripeness… Read More
some weekend wines…
Just a few quick recollections of 4 complete winners: 2017 Antoine Olivier, Santenay Le Bievaux l’Air de Rien DIAM sealed What a punchy and energetic wine. A touch of apple and pineapple and who knows what else in this delicious and effusive wine. Real concentration but never over-generous. Read More
2018 Beaujolais: ‘This time the weather was with us!‘
2018 was a year with an early harvest and not much, but regular, rain after the 15th June – so the vines didn’t suffer from drought. It was ‘mainly’ too dry for the maladies in the summer, though. 2018 is the first vintage for a number of… Read More
a few recent wines to isolate with…
2017 François Carillon, St.Aubin 1er Pitangerets (Red) Like many from the south of the Côte d’Or in 2017 – no more than medium colour. Aromatically, here’s a lovely core… Read More
Vineyard Profile: Beaune 1er Clos des Ursules
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier and Thibault Gagey, 04 November 2019. Louis Jadot’s domaine wines from Beaune are something of an enigma for me – I have always been aware of their ‘prestige cuvée’ the Clos des Ursules – owning a few older vintages – and I also have… Read More
A Vintage Viewpoint…(2019, 2018, 2017)
2019 To an extent, the vigneron(ne)s were lucky in 2019: Lucky that they had the cold period and frosts that persisted between April and much of May. If they had enjoyed the same warmth in April and May as they did in 2017, they would probably have needed… Read More