a few weekend wines – week 22 2018
2014 Françoise André, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Les Vergelesses There’s a little curl of vanilla to what is otherwise a nice line of aromatic freshness with faint lime citrus. A sheen of fresh minerality over the palate – again accented with vanilla – but it’s a much fainter accent than… Read More
icymi…
It may not look like much, but this is Clos de Vougeot ‘Musigni’ – pictured last week… Just a few things collected in the last days: A tale of two Dujacs from Bruce Sanderson – worth a read! Andrew Jefford on Billionaire… Read More
2016 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 November, 2017. This was the seventh presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report (here). The format was the… Read More
weekend wines – week 17 2017
Not the fastest online this week, but an interesting selection none-the-less! 2014 Denis Berthaut, Fixin Les Clos Two weekends in a row with a Berthaut (Berthaut-Gerbet from the 2015s). This has plenty of colour and a very attractive and deep fruit to the nose – there’s a little… Read More
2015 Chambolle-Musigny
A chance to make a nice roundup of 2015 Chambolle-Musignys – nearly 50 wines, not blind – poured by their producers in the Clos de Vougeot – 27 March 2017. Presented here in producer alphabetical order, rather than as tasted… A lot of great wines here, though proportionally… Read More
2015 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 17 November, 2016. This was the sixth presentation by the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for new vintage – first done with the 2010s – you will find notes from all of those previous tastings in the back-pages of Burgundy-Report. The format was the same as each year,… Read More
this weekend’s duo, two more hits…
2013 Berthaut-Gerbet, Vosne-Romanée A bottle bought after the super tasting in Fixin the other week. On first opening there are a few sulfites clouding the dark fruit. Really this needed 15 minutes of air to freshen up, but… Read More
a bit of fixin this afternoon…
It was ‘open day’ in Fixin today 😉 … Read More