2019 Beaujolais: ‘it doesn’t show the sun as much as we were expecting’
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: Côte de Beaune – November 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 2: Côte de Nuits – December 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 3: (Here) Beaujolais – February 2021 2019 delivered a more classic timing for the… Read More
Jean Loron – 2017
Tasted at the Château Bellevue in Morgon, with Frédéric Maignet 05 May 2019 Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr A look at Loron’s very impressive range of Beaujolais, but this was to be merely the… Read More
Jean Loron – 2016
Tasted in Pontanevaux with Philippe Bardet (right) and Jean Pierre Rodet, 26 April 2018. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr A tasting of the Jean Loron single estates/wines that are vinified here in Pontanevaux. Read More
Jean Loron Beaujolais – 2015
Tasted in Morgon-Château Bellevue with Cyrielle Rizzo, Jean Pierre Rodet and Claire Forestier, 09 February 2017. Maison Jean Loron 1846 RN 6 71570 Pontanevaux Tel: +33 3 85 36 81 20 www.loron.fr www.chateau-bellevue.fr The various château of Jean Loron make some truly impressive,… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2023
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 11 February 2025. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports with Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2024: “Not too bad – also without having to treat too much. We didn’t have hail and here the problem… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2022
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 13 February 2024. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports with Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2023: “I think that 2023 may be in a very similar… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2021
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 07 February 2023. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports with Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2022: “It was difficult from the perspective of fermentations – but… Read More
Beaujolais’ Pierres Dorées – a tasting
Given the precedent of a group of quality-minded producers in Beaujolais’ Lantignié – whereby they are differentiating themselves from Beaujolais-Villages by using the Lantignié name on their labels and making wine worth a few extra Euros per bottle versus the average – the same is now afoot in the… Read More
Daniel Bouland – 2020
Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 08 February 2022. Domaine Daniel Bouland Corcelette 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 81 30 89 12 More reports with Domaine Daniel Bouland Daniel on 2021: “In the mid-slope we didn’t get too much frost –… Read More