a couple of mid-weekers…
2001 Comtes Lafon, Meursault 1er Les Perrières A deepish colour. The nose is a little tired, but not oxidised – it remains, almost, an invitation. The palate starts narrow then opens wider and wider – there is an energy zip here and a really profound depth of delicious… Read More
icymi – week 44-45 2018…
A few articles of reasonable to great worth that I’ve assembled over the last week or two: revealed-why-your-pinot-noir-is-actually-a-pinot-blanc-or-was-that-a-pinot-gris Something to get your teeth into – but not too long… trouble-with-cellaring-wine Nicely observed! Tim_Atkin_MW:_Its_heating_up_in_Burgundy Given it’s short length, this… Read More
this week’s icymi…
I’ve been saving a few up for you – here’s about 2 week’s worth: Jefford on Monday: The Chablis difference Short but punchy. An unusual presentational approach to Chablis – I would say reasonably successful too – well-done Andrew. There’s been a sad (relative) absence of… Read More
Heitz-Lochardet – 2016
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Armand Heitz, 19 October 2017. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet 24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 Armand on 2017: “2017 is a good vintage for the domaine as we had some new vines (and… Read More
Heitz-Lochardet – 2015
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Armand Heitz, 24 May 2017. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet 24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 I asked Armand about the commercial status of the domaine, as it seems to be growing each year as vines return to… Read More
the mid-week selection…
Tonight will be big wine night, so, to prepare, I did a modest warm-up this week, mopping up a few half bottles along the way… 2002 d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Clos des Ducs (375cl) There may be a bit of 2015 about this wine. 2002 was a big and… Read More
2015 Red Burgundy
The red harvest in 2015 was a little lower volume than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – just 1% lower – but with so many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years, this actually remains a very modest volume vintage: Many producers were surprised by the low… Read More
Patrice Rion – 2015
Tasted in Premeaux with Maxime Rion, 02 December, 2016. Domaine Michèle et Patrice Rion 1 Rue Maladière 21700, Premeaux Tel: +33 3 80 62 32 63 www.patricerion.com Maxime on 2016: “2016 was a deception, it looked a magnificent vintage, all in great shape, some… Read More
harvest day 2 – 23-sept-2016
No, not a tiny globe – actually a sun-burned grape – to be discarded! The Marquis (Guillaume) d’Angerville chose today to attack his Volany Champans, but we had unfinished business with our Morgon! Today, the second-half of our Morgon was going to stay in whole-clusters – of-course we… Read More