Tasted in Meursault with Patrick Essa, 08 October, 2014. Domaine Buisson-Charles 3 Rue de la Velle 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 22 32+33 3… Read More

Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet 01 October 2014, with Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. PYCM on 2013: “As a vigneron, I can only say that 2013 was very complicated; humid with pressure from mildew – we often had to treat the vines using back-packs because the ground was too wet for machinery. It was… Read More

Tasted in Puligny with Sylvie Prevot-Joly and Gilles Gerard, the 29th October, 2014. Domaine Albert Joly Rue des Creux de Chagny 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 30 29… Read More

Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Alex Moreau, 24 October, 2014. Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils 21 Route de Santenay 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 70… Read More

Tasted in Auxey-Duresses with Sophie Laronze, 23 October, 2014. Domaine Terres de Velle Chemin sous la Velle 21190 Auxey-Duresses Tel: +33 3 80 22 80 31+33… Read More

Every vintage is different – the wines that result are a synthesis of what happened during their dormancy and growth-cycles as much as the decisions that were made on how to vinify the grapes and bottle the wines. For vintage 2014, it really starts right after all the last grapes… Read More

Or how about a Cammuffle of Côtes (In the absence of other collective nouns…) Burgundian appellations are, occasionally, not always the easiest to follow; how about this for a selection of labels: Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune-Villages, Côte de Nuits-Villages and then there’s Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Bourgogne… Read More

During my earlier tour of Chablis domaines, I tasted the Irancy of Simonnet Febvre – for my palate, it was clearly the most interesting wine they had in their cellar. It’s really in homage to that wine, that I decided to do a large blind tasting of 2012 Irancy –… Read More