Château de La Tour + Pierre Labet – 2012
Tasted with François Labet in Vougeot, 20 Feb. 2014 François Labet on 2012: “I find the Grands Vins superb!” François Labet on prices: “Our prices ex-domaine have been stable for 2009-2011, but for 2012 we will have to increase between 5-12%. The ‘Hommage Jean Morin’ cuvée of the Clos de… Read More
A Château de la Tour Vertical
Tasted in Vougeot with François Labet, 12 December, 2018. Chateau de La Tour Rue de la Montagne 21640 Vougeot Tel: +33 3 80 62 86 13 www.chateaudelatour.com And not just the ‘Clos de Vougeot, but the Clos de Vougeot Vieilles-Vignes – and here vieilles-vignes means… Read More
Clos de Vougeot 2011 – blind tasted…
Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… 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: Domaine Pierre Labet (Vougeot)
In March during the Grands Jours de Bourgogne I tasted a 2008 Beaune 1er from Domaine Pierre Labet and it struck me as one of the more interesting bottles, sufficiently so that I took the time to check a few texts when I got home. Only one had much to… Read More
2013 Roi Chambertin
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin, 13th November, 2014. Once more, ‘Bravo!’ to the Syndicat of Gevrey-Chambertin for this tasting. The format was the same as last year for the 12s, except that there was one extra hour available for tasting – I used all-but 15 minutes of that extra hour… 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
Bottles of Beaune….
Research can be tough, but here is what I was ‘forced’ to sample to bring you this summer’s issue – nobody said it would be easy, but in alphabetical order, 55 premier cru wines, but a mere 22 1ers visited if you take Sur les Grèves separately from Grèves. Read More