the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
AOC Ruchottes-Chambertin
Map Category Grand Cru appellation since 31/07/1937. Commune(s) of production Côte d’Or: Gevrey-Chambertin Climats classed as premier cru None – it is all grand cru. There are two internal climats – Ruchottes du Bas and Ruchottes du Dessus, this latter climat containing the more visible Clos des Ruchottes,… Read More
The 1998 Burgundy Vintage – 20 years on…
I have been so looking forward to tasting these 1998s. I cut my teeth of the wines of 1993-1995 and the 1996s were the first en-primeur wines that I bought. I tasted some 1996 and 1997s in Burgundy but only started to regularly taste from cask from the 2000 vintage… Read More
The 1997s – 20 years on…
It seems that it has been 14 years (!) since I took a look at this vintage. Back then, 20 years sounded about right for good vineyards from an ‘early maturing’ vintage. So let’s do it: For the last 10 years, or more, the… Read More
a few bottles… (weeks 18+19!)
A little remiss of me, but here are two week(end)s worth of bottles: … Read More
The 1985 Red Vintage – today
The 1985s: a modern-day look at 1985 grand crus together with a 2005 selection of Chevalier/Montrachet apetisers… It’s definitely not every year that you get to look back at a properly mature vintage, and in enviable grand cru depth too, but it seems to me that 1985 is worthy of… Read More
a yorkshire lunch
Tuesday 14th April @ Sous le Nez in Leeds A few old pals got together; 3 from Yorkshire plus a proud Lancastrian and an innocent bystander from Switzerland! We didn’t have a theme, and I was handicapped by only having the wines that I thought might be ‘useful’… Read More
Burgundy Reports
A Burgundy Report EXTRA! subscription costs 85 Swiss Francs per year. Subscribe to Burgundy Report See what you’re missing, below… The 2019 Reports: March 2019All Styles:New names from Chablis2017 Beaujolais Blanc & Irancy, screw-caps & more…… Read More
Top-table 2010 reds…
In November 2013 I a wonderful invitation to dinner, it was an exceptional opportunity to taste some of the great wines from the 2010 vintage with winemakers. With a twist, these were German winemakers – some very famous names – and nice people too. The venue was Mainz, just… Read More
