bruno clair 1998 marsannay les longeroies
1998 Bruno Clair, Marsannay Les Longeroies Medium colour. The aromas plumb a great depth of clean dark fruit and a little forest floor – occasional halves of these are showing VA, but not this full bottle. A narrow… Read More
bruno clair 1998 marsannay fat heads!
For the 6 or 7 years I’ve been drinking this, it’s been super – this half bottle is not quite to the previous standard – on a down-slope? I suppose I will have to re-check – also the Longerois too. 1998 Bruno Clair, Marsannay Les Grasses Têtes… Read More
Fougeray de Beauclair – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay-la-Côte with Patrice Olliver, 25 April 2019. Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair 44 Rue de Mazy 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 21 12 fougeraydebeauclair.com Patrice on 2018: “It was a sunny year for sure, early too – we started harvesting 5… Read More
Profile: Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair (Marsannay)
Most famous for their Bonnes-Mares and their ‘Clos Marion’, the family business of Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair was founded about 1979 when Jean-Louis Fougeray, the father of the current owners, a man who by day worked in administration and by night tending his vines, made his very first… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2024
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 14 November 2025. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark’s Instagram More reports with Mark Haisma Mark on 2024: “The Côte de Beaune was not too bad. Mâcon also not too bad, but much… Read More
christmas grand crus + the BS that people say about red burgundies
Of course, it wasn’t just magnums of Beaujolais over Christmas, as I’d promised myself it was time to start drinking some of these… 1998 Fougeray de Beauclair, Bonnes-Mares I’ve lost touch with this estate – I must try to reconnect this year. This, of course, with Bonnes-Mares… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2023
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 15 November 2024. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark’s Instagram More reports with Mark Haisma Mark on 2024: “The Côte de Beaune was not too bad. Mâcon also not too bad, but much… Read More
The return of the Mark – Vosne 2024 – part 3
Domaine Michel Gros Vendange 2024 – Day 2, Sunday 22nd Sept Last year, as best I can recall now, we didn’t work Sundays which were free days but, and perhaps as only our second day this year, there was no sign nor prospect of such ‘luxury’ here. After a very… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2022
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 17 November 2023. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark’s Instagram More reports with Mark Haisma Having seen… Read More