A Château de la Tour Vertical
Tasted in Vougeot with François Labet, 12 December, 2018. Chateau de La Tour Rue de la Montagne 21640 Vougeot Tel: +33 3 80 62 86 13 www.chateaudelatour.com And not just the ‘Clos de Vougeot, but the Clos de Vougeot Vieilles-Vignes – and here vieilles-vignes means… Read More
l’Arlot – 2017
Tasted in Premeaux with Géraldine Godot, 27 November, 2018. Domaine de L’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 www.arlot.com Géraldine on 2018: “2018 confirmed 2017, it’s a nice vintage for both volume and quality. The climate was positive for… Read More
icymi – week 51 2018 – investment burgundy
/thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/12/the-rise-of-other-burgundy/ There’s an obvious problem with this, and you can see that right from the bold title of the table introducing you to such delights – the table is by value, not by volume. Of-course a few of the wines in the table… Read More
Bonneau du Martray – 2017
Tasted in Pernand with Thibault Jacquet, Fabien Hesthor and Emmanuel Hautus, 03 October 2018. Bonneau du Martray 2 Rue de Frétile 21420 Pernand-Vergelesses Tel: +33 3 80 21 50 64 www.bonneaudumartray.com I suppose that the biggest news on the hill of Corton in the… Read More
rip – henry-frederic roch
It seemed almost an apologetic first report of the death of HFR – and then the article was suddenly gone from the publication’s website – had they made a terrible mistake? It seemed to cause sufficient doubt that further reports took some time to surface – but surface they did. Read More
baghera at it again
– with 1,363 bottles, 158 magnums and 3 jeroboams of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines up for auction in December. PDF here. The pre-sale estimates look much more realistic, in the current market, than those by Sothebys for the recent record-breakers, and… Read More
icymi – week 41 2018
Looking over Volnay Caillerets today… I’ve been collecting and saving these up over the last couple of weeks – I’ve lost a few too – I’ll take more care next time! examining-the-science-of-wineglass-shapes Of-course Jancis gets a star billing – I think I already have… Read More
Romanée-Saint-Vivant – 20 years on
I’m planning a tasting of 16 different labels of RSV from the 1999 vintage – in Bern, in Spring 2019. All the bottles were bought by me between 2001 and 2002… Clearly it won’t be a cheap tasting, but get in touch if you’re interested to join – 10… Read More
if ever there was a (real) unicorn wine…
Following up on my previous post – ‘already time for jayer’s records to fall?‘ – Finally some detail is available from Sotheby’s on their October sale. I’d assumed Romanée-Conti 1945 to be a unicorn wine, but that can’t be, because there are two bottles in this… Read More