arlaud vendanges – the reprise!
'Mark de Morey' was eventually found - not at the bottom of the destemmer, rather with a full inbox in his Blackberry - de rigeur for pickers this year you know! Trying to fix both that and his cherished camera slowed him down a little, but unbowed, here's the continuation of his story...
vendangeurs arrive – herve checks the register early morning morey dawn 27sept early vendange – bourgogne roncevie by rn74
Domaine Arlaud Diary
Monday 29th Sept
My notes, now, several days later, tell me we did Morey Les Blanchards premier cru this morning and afternoon we did Morey Les Milandes premier cru although has been suggested we did the latter yesterday – your writer now confused.com !! By checking the Morey map in Coates latest tome am sure doing ‘Blanchards’ morning was correct – supported by one or two photos taken, including a couple of my fellow vendangeurs (male) pisse dans les vignes ! Recall the grapes looked very healthy indeed - large pendulous, clean looking, bunches from Milandes. Read More
2006 chambolle-musigny from arlaud and lignier-michelot
Chambolle still has many nice wines in 2006, but at the villages level, there is clearly not the density to be found from the 2005 vintage. That said, I continue to buy a number of tasty, balanced wines – one of these two made it into the basket, the… Read More
arlaud 2005 bourgogne roncevie
2005 Domaine Arlaud, Bourgogne La Roncevie Medium-plus colour with more than a hint of purple at the rim. The nose is (for me) disappointingly more like Beaujolais than pinot – for 60 minutes it’s completely unchanging. If the aromatics don’t really impress, I have to say the… Read More
The 2024 Burgundy vintage & its wines…
It started cold: Right, Chablis Les Pargues January 2024…The greatest wines of this tasting campaign… The Podium, roughly alphabetically… Bachelet-Monnot – 2024 Etienne Sauzet – 2024 Perrot-Minot – 2024 Samuel Billaud – 2024 Other Podium Contenders: Buisson-Charles – 2024 Boris Champy – 2024 de Montille – 2024 de Vogüé –… Read More
The return of the Mark – Vosne 2024 – part 4


Domaine Michel Gros Vendange 2024 – Day 3, Monday 23rd Sept No more rain overnight with a dry, if grey and cloudy, day promised. Usual c6.30 start for breakfast – for me banana, dried apricots and a breakfast bar – all brought from the UK. Black coffee to wash down;… Read More
The return of the Mark – Vosne 2024 – part 2


Domaine Michel Gros Vendange 2024 – Day 1, Saturday 21st Sept After travelling, arrival day and evening socials/dinner, this was ‘it’, day one for this vintage which, maybe more than usual, has had one wondering what might be in store given the much-trailed 2024 weather issues and effects to this… Read More
The return of the Mark – Vosne 2024


Domaine Michel Gros Vendange Sept 2024 Preamble Bonjour Tout les Monde ! MdMdlV reporting in ahead of this latest Burgundy grape harvest (vendange); my 15th in total, ‘across’ 5 domaines, and my 2nd at the understated, modest, yet most excellent Domaine Michel Gros. In the last couple of months,… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange – the end !! Days 15-17…


Wall of Pinot Noir grapes for my cutting after leaf stripping Sunday-Tuesday, Sept 24th-26th Sunday As with our previous Sunday at the end of Week 1 this was a free, non-working, day. Despite that I was up at my usual hour and was again on my own in the… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 13


Post descending vehicles pre work start HCDN Fontaine St Martin Friday SEPT 22nd Into Day 13 and on we go with no sign of a finish, blimey ! The morning had dawned bright & sunny with blue skies greeting us as, again, we returned to the Hautes-Cotes de Nuits… Read More