clos des ducs, d’angerville 2001
2001 Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Clos des Ducs Medium ruby-red colour. The nose remains tight and undistinguished during our time together – faintly red, slightly high-toned and floral with an occasional deep baked red fruit note – but always very understated. A silky-smooth entry and… Read More
d’angerville 1er taillepieds 2002
2002 Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Taillepieds (From magnum) Medium, medium-plus cherry red. The nose starts in a very mineral way with hints of cedar eventually giving way to red berries and a slow build-up of coffee. The concentrated palate bursts with explosive red fruits and plenty of… Read More
2022 Burgundy – A Summary
29 March 2022: Pruning for poles – En Echalas – the new vogue… Just one summary? For central Burgundy – ie before I visit Chablis and Beaujolais – yes, just one. In the years that you’ve paid me to write these annual reports, this is the first… Read More
Bruno Colin – 2021
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet, 18 July 2023 with Bruno Colin. Domaine Bruno Colin 3 Impasse des Crêts 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 24 75 61 www.domaine-bruno-colin.com More reports with Domaine Bruno Colin On 2021: “There’s still some 2021 left but… Read More
2023 Harvesting…
DRC Montrachet Romanée St.Vivant Green harvesting Richebourg Well, nearly! Some are already at it but my first harvest day will be Saturday. I did a bit of a tour… Read More
weekend wines – week 2 2023
1998 Pierre Gelin, Fixin 1er Clos Napoleon The last bottle of this was pretty good, so: A pale cork but it came out in one with a satisfying pop. Unfortunately, the cork with similar (aural) performance was the d’Angerville 99 Clos des Ducs over Christmas and that… Read More
‘Sylvester’ wines…
Adequate wines, mainly, I could have chosen better – but the food was lovely… 🙂 Maison Henry, Crémant de Bourgogne A producer near Chablis Easy, pure delicious wine – exactly why I asked to buy some – lovely! Rebuy – Yes 2012 Clotilde Davenne, Chablis… Read More
just a few recent wines…
As Dan and Mike, in the comments, were interested. Here are some notes from a previous post plus some other bottles too: 2019 Berthaut-Gerbet, Bourgogne Hautes Côted de Nuits Medium-plus colour. Perfumed with dark-red fruit. Nicely sweeping lines from this middle-weight wine, a wine that was drunk in… Read More
23-Aug – Harvest 2022 – it’s warming up…
Whilst the majority of domaines are still testing grapes and not yet committing to their harvest dates, I’m virtually stalking a few domaines that have come to their 2022 harvest date decisions: Chateau Thivin – yesterday Marcel Lapierre – today Armand Heitz – today d’Angerville – today… Read More