mark – pernand-vergelesses day 3 thurs 10th sept
Morning over to Volnay. Now here’s a genuine steal cum bargain of a wine in that a la Dubreuil-Fontaine the Volnay is a blend of premier cru and village and is currently Euros 18 !!! Think I need some. Quite often when a domaine wine has been produced for tasting… Read More
harvest 2009 – day 2 wednesday 10th – ‘mark de pernand’
Bonjour, I started this Tues a.m. and still trying to finish it Thurs lunch… Second warm morning in a row. Even though not properly daylight feels like might be another scorcher like yesterday. More of that anon. Arrived in Pernand Monday afternoon after leisurely run from Calais off the. 5… Read More
cheval clark…
(Domaine) David Clark has gone the whole hog (or should that be mare?) and started ploughing his recently acquired plot of Vosne-Romanée with horse power (no F1 jokes please). I expect he will be burying cow horns full of …. (whatever) next! “In many ways it is the logical… Read More
monday 29th update
Domaine de la Vougeraie have their harvest log now online. Moving on, let’s start with today’s update from Mark in Morey: Bonjour, Petit dejeuner day 3 a Domaine Arlaud vendange 08. Thought we had done a fair chunk of Bourgogne Rouge on day 1 mais non !! We… Read More
saturday 27th update
Cool photo reportage from the harvest. Before Lunch: So far this morning we triaged grapes from Ladoix that are destined for a Côtes de Beaune. Far, far better than my expectation; almost no rot – I may have worked only 5 vintages, but I’ve not seen cleaner grapes… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
‘Only’ 83 wines for you in this list – I was too busy to drink! From memory only one corked bottle… Regional Wines 2005 Bertagna, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes Medium, medium-plus cherry red. Frankly I don’t like the nose – it’s quite… Read More
Morey Saint Denis: Village Profile
Once upon a time, nearly 1,000 years ago… a terrible famine struck the area and people of Morey. They were already wine-makers, but had little to feed themselves – no cows, just a few chickens. At that time the forest of Cîteaux was close by and, on the other side… Read More
2006 Lignier-Michelot Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes
Medium, medium-plus cherry-red colour. Right from the start the nose is wide width an impressive depth of dark fruit – few higher tones but some complexity lower down. Less fat than the Arlaud, but more focus from fine acidity. Lithe, with nice concentration and just a twist of slightly astringent,… Read in the Note Finder
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between March and August 2007. There main exception in these pages are that the majority of the 1997’s were tasted at a large gathering in Beaune in… Read More