a nice little earner…
Well, it’s been quite some time that a big pile of money has been looking for a new home! Last week at the press conference of the Hospices de Beaune, a fellow ‘writer’ asked me if I’d heard about a billion euro transaction to buy Louis Jadot… Read More
la romanée-a-go-go….
Whilst I’ve had plenty of open questions for wines in multiple sales by this Swiss auction house, Baghera continues to push the boundaries as to what a great sale can be. Irreproachable sales of the last bottles from the Engel and Jayer estates are now complemented, if not… Read More
2015 Irancy
Time to take a look at a range of Irancy wines from the 2015 vintage – all were tasted blind in Chablis on the 23rd April 2017. The wines… Of-course it was the usual process – wines tasted blind, leaving with a sheaf of data-sheets to be consulted when… Read More
2015 Aligoté…
A quick 30 aligotés from 2015 for you. 2015 certainly offers good ripeness but rarely a flabby experience. The vast majority of these wines are available ex-domaine for less than €10 – some significantly so – of-course your (pricing) mileage may vary when buying locally. The wines… 2015… Read More
some week 52 wines…
2005 Albert Bichot, Grands-Echézeaux The grapes from the Engel estate. This had rather too much vanilla in its youth, so let’s see now! Hmm – this nose is not bad at all! It’s lost the vanilla, though the overall impression is of a wine with a… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family, between October 2012 and mid-December 2012 – so as you can imgine, not a massive list as it’s only a few weeks since the last report. I would have liked… Read More
The big round-up
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly tasted with producers at the end of March 2012 – almost 200 wines – the bulk are culled from tastings put on for the Grands Jours de Bourgogne which happens every two years. I’ll start with a selection of wines from Beaune, followed by… Read More
Beaune: Village Profile
The town of Beaune itself is built on and from the stone of the surrounding hillsides, many ancient quarries are still visible as you walk through the Beaune hillsides. The name Beaune possibly comes from Belen, the Celtic god or Belena, the small river that traverses the city. Read More
Profile: Maison Champy (Beaune)
Maison Champy, founded in 1720, is, as far as I’m aware, the oldest documented négociant still trading. In their heyday, amongst the many prestigious appellations they owned or commercialised was the monopoly of the Clos de Tart in Morey St.Denis and the Montrachet holdings of the Marquis du… Read More