La Pousse d’Or – 2015
Tasted in Volnay with Patrick Landanger and Hubert Rossignol, 24 May 2017. Domaine de la Pousse d’Or 8 Rue de la Chapelle 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 24 03 www.lapoussedor.fr I have to say that these days, I’m much more at home… Read More
Claire & Fabien Chasselay – 2015
Tasted in Châtillon d’Azergues with Fabien Chasselay, 15 February 2017. Claire et Fabien Chasselay 123/127 Chemin de la Roche 69380 Châtillon d’Azergues Tel: +33 4 78 47 93 73 www.domaine-chasselay.com Fabien on 2016: “2016 brought just a little frost that touched some… Read More
last week’s wines…
A nice mix of bottles, drunk the week before I went to Beaujolais: 2013 Clothilde Davenne, Chablis Bougros What a lovely, lovely wine. None of the overt botrytis apricot and fast development of a lot of Chablis in 2013 – yet – this was open and frankly… Read More
Alain Geoffroy – 2015
Tasted in Beines with Nathalie Geoffroy, 06 January 2017. Domaine Alain Geoffroy 4, rue de l’Equerre 89800 Beines Tel: +33 3 86 42 43 76 www.chablis-geoffroy.com Nathalie on 2016: “We are about 30% down in volume in 2016. Beines was almost untouched by… Read More
Claire & Fabien Chasselay
Tasted in Châtillon d’Azergues with Claire and Fabien, 18 May 2016. Claire et Fabien Chasselay 123/127 Chemin de la Roche 69380 Châtillon d’Azergues Tel: +33 4 78 47 93 73 www.domaine-chasselay.com The first thing to say, is that Châtillon d’Azergues was definitely not… Read More
2014 Blind Beaujolais Tasting
All tasted blind at ‘Interbeaujolais’ in Villefranche 25, 26 and 27 April 206. Virtually all the wines tasted here are from the 2014 vintage – as requested – but a few 2013s seemed to creep into the mix too. Whilst all were tasted blind, the ‘cru’ was known… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More
Jean-Claude Cluzeaud
Tasted in Volnay with Jean-Baptiste Cluzeaud, 04 February 2016. Domaine Jean-Claude Cluzeaud 2 Rue de la Cave des Ducs 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 62 84 www.domaine-cluzeaud.com The Cluzeauds are an old Volnay family, and this old family domaine has roots in… Read More
La Pousse d’Or – 2014
Tasted in Volnay with Patrick Landanger, 02 February 2016. Domaine de la Pousse d’Or 8 Rue de la Chapelle 21190 Volnay Tel: +33 3 80 21 24 03 www.lapoussedor.fr This domaine is in the fortunate position to own only 1er crus in Volnay –… Read More