2023 Burgundy harvest – 12 September
Meursault: Oups – and I hope attached (covered!) trailer isn’t full of grapes! Thunder in Nuits Vosne 1er Malconsorts Vosne 1er Les Chaumes Sacrifice in… Read More
recent wines – week 17 2022
2016 Buisson-Charles, Chablis Vaudésir Patrick Essa has been making a range of maison wines for a few years now. This was served blind and had a ripeness yet energy that made me think of the best producers in Mâconnais… Read More
Profile: Buisson-Battault
Tasted in Meursault with François Buisson, 01 July 2020. Domaine Buisson-Battault 5 rue du 11 novembre 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 29 26 www.buisson-battault.com François Buisson is, no surprise, part of the extended Meursault family which encompasses Domaines Buisson-Charles, Ballot-Millot… Read More
2018 White Burgundy Report
Unlike the reds of 2018, I expect no controversies with the 2018 white burgundies. If the headlines for the 2017 growing season were dominated by frost – for 2018 it was the heat and dryness. There was an ever-present worry about maladies, but apart from some larger outbreaks of mildew… Read More
some mid-weekers…
Another from my 6-pack of Ramonet Mâcon-Péronne – super – you can find a proper note on that one in the last few days entries… 2012 François Buisson, Meursault 1er Genevrières A name that I don’t know too much about – a cousin of Michel Buisson – from… Read More
guy castagnier’s 1999 clos de la roche
1999 Guy Castagnier, Clos de la Roche Having tried the 97 and 98 in the last 10 days it seemed only fair to open one of these 99s too. I bought a couple of 6-packs way-back-when, and I may have already finished one of them – this the… Read More
2007 Whites…
Before the arrival of the 2014 vintage, 2007 was my gold-standard, my reference point for what whites could deliver – but not at all levels! The issue with 2007 was the with the lower appellation wines – many were too acidic – very drinkable and fresh on release, but they… Read More
The baker’s dozen of blind Meursaults
Tasted in Zürich at the Carlton Restaurant, 13 June 2016. Meursault was the theme of our evening tasting in Zürich, organized by Jean-François Guyard of the Swiss website vinifera-mundi. The wines were poured in flights of three or four, blind, the identity of each wine was revealed following… Read More
last saturday’s blind burgundy extravaganza!
I get together with a couple of friends once every 6 months or-so, and last weekend we drank (blind) a lovely selection of wines – a modest 12 bottles with good food and good company! The first wine was mine. The Jadot was a 2010 but already with oxidised… Read More