weekend wines – week 23 2018
I see that Chézeaux have reverted to the slightly different 1990s labels with the faint image of the family house in the Clos de Chézeaux in Gevrey-Chambertin… 2015 des Chézeaux / Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Hmm, for a 2015 there’s a lot of freshness here – a silky, round… Read More
Domaine Simon Bize – Latricières
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with Chisa Bize, who as you can see prefers her Latricières to do the talking, 16th May, 2018. Domaine Simon Bize et Fils 12 Rue Chanoine Donin 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 50 57 www.domainebize.fr Link to… Read More
Domaine Chantal Remy – Latricières
Tasted in Morey with Florian Remy + Simba, 14 May 2018. Domaine Chantal Remy 1, place du Monument 21220 Morey-Saint-Denis Tel: +33 (0)3 80 34 32 59 www.domaine-chantal-remy.com Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile The Remy family are perhaps the most iconic owners of… Read More
Latricières-Chambertin – A Vineyard Profile
Ici commence Latricières-Chambertin! To the left, unploughed Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Aux Combottes and above the Combottes is Clos de la Roche. To the right, the ploughed Latricières-Chambertin of Camus, above it, bordered by trees is the unploughed Latricières of Arnoux-Lachaux. Grand Cru Surface (ha)1 2015 Prodn hl2 2016… Read More
icymi from last week (plus…)
A little too much that’s related to auctions – but such is writing today – I hesitate to include it, as it makes me just an unpaid marketing extension of the wine-pricing bubble… Still, there’s quite an interesting range of things: Honestly, despite doing quite a piece last… Read More
a little mid-week griotte – another successful 1997
The 1997s have been a revelation in the last year; they were quite good when young but then entered a long phase of spicy, leathery aromatics with neither focus nor distinction – for a long time 1997 was aromatically one of my least favourite vintages. Today it’s quite different… Read More
Les Aligoteurs
Tasted in Flagey-Echézeaux, 23 April 2018. Image courtesy https://aligoteurs.com/ I’ve never tasted anything in Flagey before – so why not over 70 Aligotés? The rain came on this particular Monday, and with it, only 16°C. Considering that the weekend had been over 25° then we… Read More
weekend corkscrew work – week 13 2018 – part 1
2007 Alex Gambal, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Charmes The nose starts with a little reduction – the flavour too – but it doesn’t need much time to dislodge that. There’s not the same concentration as the 2006 Marechale from mid-week, but there is a more open,… Read More
week 7 2018 – my weekend wines
I got home from Beaujolais late on Thursday. On Friday we went to meet with friends who stay in Mürren for a few days each year. I havent skied for nearly 3 years, and given Friday’s rain at 1,600 meters, not to mention the slushy snow and poor visibility,… Read More