marko’s harvest diary 04-Sep-20 – day two
Vougeot lower grapes case on lorry Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Two, Friday 4th Sept 2020 Am actually, typing this 17th Sept, back at home in the UK having left Burgundy very early last Sunday. Apologies for the delay since my last missive but… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 03-Sep-20 – (the real) day one
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day One, Thurs 3rd Sept 2020 Decent sleep in my sole occupier room on basic single bed after the long travelling to get here. I was up and about by 6.30 a.m. not sure what time precisely the ‘action’ would start. Read More
marko’s harvest diary 02-Sep-20 – the return of the marko
All the photos from Mark… Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Arrival Day, Weds 2nd Sept 2020 Bonjour tout le monde 😊. C’est moi – at last. Firstly an apology this will have taken several days post the ‘day’ for your delectation. I can’t promise timings… Read More
some weekend wines – obviously!
An evening in Beaune with Marko de Morey – he kindly contributed the Arlaud 2015 Bouchard Père, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er En Remilly Interesting to compare to the 2013 of a couple of weeks ago – that wine was by far the readier and the better for it. I… Read More
2018 Red Burgundy Report
“You need to taste without exception what you want to buy in 2018 – it’s an oenologist’s vintage – lots of tricks were used.” Louis-Michel Liger-Belair So it’s a vintage of the sun – lots of sun – the second hottest on record after 2003, so of… Read More
2019 Burgundy – the Mont Blanc Vintage…
This was my 16th consecutive harvest in Burgundy – triaging the grapes of multiple villages. I believe that this, together with questioning the winemakers, is the best balance of first-hand and third-party input required to comment on the vintage: All vintages that end with a 9 are… Read More
mark’s vosne harvest – day 8
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee - Vendange Day Eight, Thurs 24th Sept 2019
The last official working day of the 2019 vendange for the picking team and one with a difference, in location, for the majority of the day at least. I was, at last, to also find out today why we hadn’t, to my slight frustration cum disappointment, picked any of the domaine’s Vosne premier crus, nor Savigny or Pommard vines – but that came much later in the day so hang on a little !
The first absolute confirmation I think now I had that today was indeed to be our collective last day came from fellow snorer room mate, and other sub team leader/chauffeur/porteur, Jean-Claude1, who mentioned it as we roused ourselves. In the same conversation the other member of our room triumvirate, Jean-Claude2, mentioned he’d be ‘shooting off’ later ( I understood at the end of the working day) & was gone after lunch, without staying for the Paulee (first tangible mention I’d heard of that also) as he was meeting his daughter somewhere else in France that evening. Read More
mark’s vosne harvest – day 6 & 7
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Days Six, Tues 24th Sept 2019 & Seven Weds 25th Sept 2019 Apologies for the delay for this piece following on from Day Five – all down to me, nowt (Northern Egland dialect word = ‘nothing’) to do with our illustrious web… Read More
mark’s vosne harvest – day 5
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Day Five, Mon 23rd Sept 2019 I suppose I could ‘sub title’ this day’s words as ‘Apres la Deluge’ or similar ! Day Five might otherwise be encapsulated as a.m NSG Village/Morey-St-Denis p.m – the latter notably interesting for your’s truly… Read More