2018 Red Burgundy Report
“You need to taste without exception what you want to buy in 2018 – it’s an oenologist’s vintage – lots of tricks were used.” Louis-Michel Liger-Belair So it’s a vintage of the sun – lots of sun – the second hottest on record after 2003, so of… Read More
Monthelie Douhairet Porcheret – 2018
Tasted in Monthelie with Cataldina Lippo, 08 November 2019. Domaine Monthelie Douhairet Porcheret 1 Rue Cadette 21190 Monthelie Tel: +33 6 26 05 33 65 www.domainemontheliedouhairet.com Cataldina on 2019: “It was a good vintage – of-course we were worried by frost, and maybe we… Read More
Heitz-Lochardet – 2018
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Louis de Belleroche, 09 October 2019. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet 24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 Louis on 2019: “2019 – mostly a vintage complicated by the pressure of oidium – there was some in 2018… Read More
Jacques Prieur – 2018
Tasted in Meursault with Nadine Gublin and Romain Pertuzot, 22 October, 2019. Domaine Jacques Prieur 6 Rue des Santenots 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 23 85 www.prieur.com Nadine on 2019: “This year we started harvesting on 9 September – the Monday. The… Read More
Clos de la Chapelle – 2017
Tasted in Beaune with Pierre Meurgey and Mark O’Connell, 21 March 2019. Domaine Clos de la Chapelle Au Château – 14 Grande rue 21200 Bligny-lès-Beaune Tel: +1 816 223 0257 www.closchapelle.com Mark on 2018: “It goes without say, a warm year,… Read More
Profile: Monthelie Douhairet Porcheret
Tasted in Monthelie with Cataldina Lippo, 14 November 2018. Domaine Monthelie Douhairet Porcheret 1 Rue Cadette 21190 Monthelie Tel: +33 6 26 05 33 65 www.domainemontheliedouhairet.com I first tasted these wines during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne earlier this year – they were the most… Read More
Roblet-Monnot – 2017
Tasted in Volnay with Pascal Roblet, 07 November 2018. Domaine Roblet-Monnot 11 rue de la Combe 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 6 74 21 82 04 Pascal an 2018: “2018 was a year that I found complicated. No big problems, but we had about three very… Read More
Jacques Prieur – 2017
Tasted in Meursault with Nadine Gublin, 04 October, 2018. Domaine Jacques Prieur 6 Rue des Santenots 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 23 85 www.prieur.com Nadine compares 2017 with 2018: “2017, like 2018, was also an early vintage – we started our harvest… Read More
Heitz-Lochardet – 2017
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Armand Heitz, 01 October 2018. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet 24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 Armand on 2018: “I’m really happy with 2018. 2017 was not bad on quantity, and 2018 too – it takes some… Read More