2004 à la coccinelle
I think I was possibly the first to publicly raise and discuss the ‘vintage character’ of 2004 reds – anecdotally whites are also affected – Christophe Roumier is one who says this – but I’ve not experienced any obvious examples, so from here-on, red it is…… Read More
wednesday 8th update
Posts on this are getting fewer and farther apart as the harvest is all-but completed. My home domaine reports that the Gevrey grand crus that were harvested at the beginning of this week exceeded expectation. The Latricières from this grower is frankly always ‘poor looking’ and this year a full… Read More
monday 6th update
It’s a little too early to check with the ‘home’ domaine, but I can provide you with the reports frm Domaine de la Vougeraie as I had some trouble getting them from the site: Tuesday 30th Wednedsay 1st Thursday 2nd A further update this tomorrow. Share this:… Read More
thursday 2nd update
A nice report from Domaine de la Vougeraie. A message and pics from Domaine Lafarge: Les vendanges, débutées le 24 Septembre, se déroulent sous le soleil malgré la fraîcheur matinale. Le vent du Nord qui a soufflé ces derniers jours a favorisé la concentration et la pleine maturité… Read More
monday 29th update
Domaine de la Vougeraie have their harvest log now online. Moving on, let’s start with today’s update from Mark in Morey: Bonjour, Petit dejeuner day 3 a Domaine Arlaud vendange 08. Thought we had done a fair chunk of Bourgogne Rouge on day 1 mais non !! We… Read More
bootcamps and travel
I start 8 days of travel today – Holland: mainly Dutch Siberia (Friesland) with a weekend in Amsterdam – if I’m in your environs (during the week) drop me a line at the usual place. I expect only a smattering of posts in that time. I don’t really… Read More
Profile: Maison Moillard (Nuits St.Georges)
——————————————————————————- UPDATED from June 23rd 2008: I discussed this with some of the family; there is (was) a complex holding of many, many family members, so a wide spread of shareholders. A large (majority) block chose to sell, and that block was not represented by those that currently… Read More
bookending the 2007 harvest
My cold has intensified so no bottles, I just round up a few loose-ends. If it carries on, by Tuesday I’ll have to cancel my appointments in Burgundy, set for Friday 🙁 Anyway, I thought I’d ‘book-end’ the 2007 burgundy harvest report with a round-up of some producer reports. We… Read More
14th september – fin – almost…
This will be the last ‘active’ note related to the 2007 Burgundy grape harvest, as by Monday the vendanges will be overwhelmingly over. A few additional summaries from growers will appear as they become available. The weather has held up brilliantly over the last two weeks – though the temperature… Read More