Profile: Domaine de Villaine – 2013
Tasted in Bouzeron with Pierre de Benoist, 25th February 2015 Domaine A. et P. de Villaine 2 Rue Fontaine 71150 Bouzeron Tel: +33 3 85 91 20 50 www.de-villaine.com Their Instagram Directly across the road from Domaine Chanzy sits the domaine of… Read More
Dublère – 2013
Tasted in Savigny (sort-of) with Blair Pethel, the 28th October, 2014. Domaine Dublère 2 Chemin des Planchots 21420, Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 6 86 92 00 29+33 6… Read More
Domaine Olivier (Santenay)
Tasted in Santenay with Antoine Olivier, 27 July 2014. Domaine Olivier 3 Route de Chassagne 21590 Santenay tel: +33 3 80 20 61 35 www.domaineolivier.fr A domaine that makes good reds, and if I might say, the best whites of Santenay – actually, Antoine Olivier… Read More
Artisan Vignerons du Bourgogne du Sud – 2012 Mâconnais
Speed-dating – Mâcon-style. Wines tasted in the Mâconnais 22 May, 2014. I’ve been pretty critical of the 2012 white vintage in the Mâconnais. It’s full and it’s concentrated but it’s also largely lacking in acidity and the energy that this acidity brings. I’ve previously written that a smaller number of… Read More
Domaine du Colombier 2012
Tasted in Fontenay with Thierry Mothe, 16 April, 2014. Domaine du Colombier 42 Grande rue 89800 FONTENAY-PRES-CHABLIS Tel. +33 (0)3 86 42 15 04+33 (0)3 86 42… Read More
Profile: Domaine Jean Chartron (Puligny)
Before visiting this domaine, I’d met Jean-Michel Chartron a number of times, usually as one of ‘Les Trois Barbouzes’ – an informal grouping of the domaines Chartron, Olivier and Seguin-Manuel – all at the time wearing beards (barbouzes!) of-course. Whilst it’s quite some time since you met two of… Read More
Profile: Domaine Pavelot (Pernand)
Pavelot is a family run domain, perched on the hillside in the village of Pernand-Vergelesses, directly across from the church. Pernand has seen many generations of Pavelots – indeed the village has its own Rue Louis Pavelot. This is a domaine that extends to nearly 9 hectares –… Read More
Profile: Domaine Contat-Grangé (Maranges)
The roots of this domaine start with an owner of vines in Cheilly – he had vines in Puligny too, but decided to swap these for more vines in Cheilly – because, of-course, Puligny was too far away! Isn’t life funny! Today’s owners are Yvon and Chantal Contat-Grangé who came… Read More
Profile: Domaine des Hospices de Nuits (Nuits)
Often forgotten, the charitable wine-auction of the Hospices de Nuits is a compact and bijou version of the magnificent sale that takes place each year on the third Sunday of November in Beaune. Taking place on the last Sunday before Easter, and heralded by the Nuits St.Gearges half-marathon,… Read More