Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Pierre Duroché, 24 April 2018. Domaine Duroché 5-7 Place du Monument 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 34 19 10 www.domaine-duroche.com Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile Pierre Duroché is a 5th generation vigneron though the actual domaine… Read More

The red harvest volume in 2016 was significantly below that of the the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – only the volumes of 2003 and 1991 of (relatively) recent memory can compare. Essentially that means that the oft-quoted 5 year-average is currently something of a meaningless statistic –… Read More

I know that I say this every year(!) but it’s not just about the harvest, there are many factors that can influence a harvest, going right back to the growing season and harvest from the previous year: Autumn 2016. The harvest finished relatively late – for modern times – it… Read More

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

A pick and mix collection of domaines with some lovely discoveries. Some images to follow, if I eventually find them! The hosts are first in my list, as the event was held at the cellars of Domaine Gouffier in Fontaines – together with a pig roast too! Domaine… Read More

All tasted in the Clos de Vougeot, 16th March 2015. Every second year, in the year where there is no Grands Jours de Bourgogne, there is this Trilogie tasting. This year it was held in the Château de Clos de Vougeot on the 16th March, and producers from the following… Read More

Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 13th November, 2014. Once more, ‘Bravo!’ to the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for this tasting. The format was the same as last year for the 12s, except that there was one extra hour available for tasting – I used all-but 15 minutes of that extra hour… Read More