a little gjpv tasting…
Tasted Friday 17 November in Ladoix… Back row: Charles-Édouard Drouhin, François Berthenet, David Cachat, François Ambroise. Front row: Alice Rion, Chloé Chevalier, Claude Nadeau. A little post-2017 Trophy tasting, afternoon de-stressing with ex-laureats of the GJPV Trophy: 2016 Thierry Drouin, Macon-Vergisson La Roche… Read More
weekend wines, week 11 2017
2012 Le Grappin, Beaune 1er Les Grèves Blanc The problem with having the same label for all the wines is the following: Hmm – this is a deep and impressive nose – not the high-toned freshness that I remember. In the mouth too – big, opulent, layered and… Read More
Bouchard Aîné et Fils – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Vincent Bottreau, 13 December 2016. Maison Bouchard Aîné et Fils 4 Boulevard Maréchal Foch 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 06 66 www.bouchard-aine.fr Bouchard Aîné – first visited last year. Vincent was kind enough to make time… Read More
Enter – Carel Voorhuis
Right: Carel Voorhuis at Ardhuy, 29 November 2015. So, finally I’m no-longer embargoed! – Carel Voorhuis of Domaine d’Ardhuy will replace David Croix at Camille Giroud. Here, hot from my inbox, is their joint statement: Chers amis, Suite à vos nombreuses sollicitations, nous vous confirmons qu’effectivement,… Read More
les bottles de la weekend (week 20)
Vincent Audras, ‘Verigoude’ Viognier (Beaujolais) The producer thrust this bottle into my hand, after I told him I’d prefer just to taste just his reds – ‘try it over the weekend‘ he said. I’d already mentioned that I wasn’t the best person to review Viognier, as it isn’t… Read More
Burgundy Reports
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The best of Corton 2009 – Blind!
I tasted a range of 2009 Corton during the Grand Jours de Bourgogne in early 2012 and I thought it a terrific vintage for the hill; consistent, powerful and yet balanced. Of-course the fruit was a little riper in 2009, but I felt that suited this appellation right… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted ‘en-place’
150 wines for you. d’Ardhuy (Corgoloin) Albert Bichot (Beaune) JC Boisset (Nuits) Simon Bize (Savigny) Camille-Giroud (Beaune) Champy (Beaune) Louis Chenu (Savigny) Dublère (Savigny) Rebourgeon-Mure (Pom.) Seguin-Manuel (Beaune) The format of the majority of 2011 notes that follow,… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More