some week 51 wines…
1993 Vaudoisey-Creusefond, Pommard 1er Epenots Hmm, the nose is not the most attractive thing – yet wait 30 minutes and aeration seems to remove a musty, oxidative element, and we start to sing along with an engaging sous-bois and sleek sweetness. In the mouth this retains some power… Read More
des Croix – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with David Croix, 07 November, 2016. Domaine des Croix 2 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 41 81 Selected quotes from David: “In 2016 you can see that we have only 20 barrels. Honestly when I surveyed the vines in… Read More
ardhuy & bouchard aîné – doors opening and closing…
Vincent Bottreau, currently the winemaker at Bouchard Aîné has been confirmed as the new winemaker at Domaine Ardhuy. Vincent tells me that he’s hoping to be in place by mid-December. Of-course this all started with: David Croix moving from Camille Giroud to Jean-Marc Roulot Carel… Read More
a few friday lunch bottles…
I stopped counting a long time ago – but it seems that last Friday was my birthday – it was also our domaine’s Paulée, to celebrate the end of our 2016 harvest – now how’s that for planning? Actually there are still three tanks to be dug out, but… Read More
harvest day 3 – 24-sept-2016
In the hot, early harvest of 2015, the pinot gris was rarely ripe at (pinot) harvest time. But in this vintage it has kept pace with the chardonnay and pinot noir – above from Beaune Les Avaux today… Today starts a Côte de Beaune day, and finishes as… Read More
two mid-week tipples…
Two worthy wines, one of which offered much more pizzazz… 2011 Nicolas Rossignol, Volnay 1er Roncerets There’s just a trace of oak on both the nose and flavours to this wine – nothing overdone, it’s just a faint accent. The wine itself is much more subdued than all… Read More
weekend wines – week 35
Well, the 2007 Camille Giroud Cazetiers was simply brilliant; a floral-inflected fruit of freshness and purity that you rarely find in an 07. I drank this over two nights – with massive joy. The 2006 Chenu Savigny Lavières was a lighter wine – in both intensity, concentration and colour!… Read More
week 33, weekend wines: 1985,1991,2012…
2012 Camille Giroud, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Les Peuillets This is a cuvée that I love – I think I have a few bottles from every vintage since 2005, but judging by this performance it is a cuvée that shines with a little bottle age – or more age than… Read More
2010 chassagne vergers + 1998 fixin napoléon
This Fixin has, for a long time, been sub-optimal in terms of approachability, but it seems to have turned the corner now, albeit with this bottle bringing a little extra something that was unwanted. 1998 Pierre Gelin, Fixin 1er Clos Napoléon Medium, medium-plus red colour – not a… Read More