Profile: Domaine Denis et Vincent Berthaut (Fixin)
I’ll make a bold statement here: Denis Berthaut provides some of the finest and most ‘elegant’ of wines from the Fixin / Gevrey area; as l’Arlot are a style understudy to Dujac so Berthaut can be similarly be compared with the loftier elegance of J-F Mugnier – there I… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted (1er + GC)
Regional Wines (11) Villages Wines (28) Premier Cru Wines (76) Grand Cru Wines (25) 1er CRU WINES 1997 d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Clos des Ducs (Magnum) A soft, sweet and much redder fruited nose than the last bottles. The palate is medium intensity, coming… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between March and August 2007. There main exception in these pages are that the majority of the 1997’s were tasted at a large gathering in Beaune in… Read More
Gevrey-Chambertin: Village Profile
This page: A village profile – Page 2: An a-z of grand crus – Page 3: An a-z of 1er crus Head south from Dijon, and the urban sprawl begins to make-way for vineyards in the area of Chênove. Very soon, and on your right-hand side, you… Read More
1997 grand crus – a selection
There were many more on display, but this is the modest list of grand crus tasted, the others (including La Tâche, de Vogüé Musigny etc.) were quaffed before I could get to them. 1997 Frédéric Magnien, Bonnes-Mares Oaky top notes underpinned by creamy deep fruit –… Read More
top wines from 1999 – #3
The (alphabetical) list to choose from: 1999 Premier Crus Robert Arnoux, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Suchots …find… Veronique Drouhin, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts …find… J-F Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses …find… 1999 Grand Crus Domaine des Chézeaux (Ponsot), Clos St.Denis cuvée… Read More
top wines from 1999 – #2
The (alphabetical) list to choose from: 1999 Premier Crus Robert Arnoux, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Suchots …find… Veronique Drouhin, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts …find… J-F Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses …find… 1999 Grand Crus Domaine des Chézeaux (Ponsot), Clos St.Denis cuvée… Read More
onto the 1999’s – a game for the next days
This really started with the ‘uncovering’ of an unopened 6-pack of Potel’s 99 Volnay VV – I opened one up and it was excellent, so what else lay in the cellar untested? I decided to call it a day once 5 bottles of the same vintage were rounded up… Read More
a mix of 2004’s, late 2003’s and a hint of 2005’s
If I take a random selection of wines from good producers, then compare 2003 with 2004 then nine times out of ten, I prefer the 2004’s – and the more 2004’s I taste the more my impression is of a similarity to 2001 (for the sophistication of the tannins) but… Read More