The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2010 and March 2011. Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (9) Premier Cru Wines (14) Grand Cru Wines (5) REGIONAL WINES 2006 Roger Belland, Bourgogne Pinot Noir… Read More
The Wines of Champagne, Burgundy, Eastern & Southern France, Baxevanis (1987)
So a late-80s book from an author whose other books I’ve never seen. I assume that this once had a dust-jacket, but I never saw it. If you include the Beaujolais section with the ‘rest’ of the text on Burgundy then this accounts for about 90 pages of this… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between May and November 2010. Regional Wines (2) Villages Wines (21) Premier Cru Wines (19) Grand Cru Wines (7) REGIONAL WINES 2008 Camille Giroud, Bourgogne Cuvée Lees… Read More
Inside Burgundy, Jasper Morris MW (2010)
2010, Berry Bros. & Rudd Press. Subtitled: The vineyards, the wine & the people. This is a book not just of academic weight – the delivery package was 200 grams heavier that Allen Meadow’s Pearl of the Côte. This book eschews a dust-jacket, though I don’t know… Read More
chassagne and a little ‘paulée’
Friday. The last day of (almost) sun in the côtes – it was a little misty, but dry. I can’t ever remember walking through the vines in September in ‘normal’ shoes – the ground was so dry. Lots of work was being done replacing old/dead vines and even a bit… Read More
latest vintage update & windmills in meursault for vincent girardin…
Things are very busy at Vincent Girardin’s base in Meursault; not only are they about to start harvesting, they’ve also bought a new domaine. First the harvesting; it’s starting for Vincent Girardin with some chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune, some others are already brining in the first grapes. The… Read More
offer of the day – Henri Boillot 2009s
In brackets are the 2008 price and even the 2007 price from the same offer where available. DOMAINE HENRI BOILLOT – millésime 2009 (Subscription) VILLAGES BLANCS 2009 BOURGOGNE Chardonnay 75cl 22.00 (22.00) Swiss Francs CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 75cl 39.50 (40.00) MEURSAULT 75cl 42.00 (42.00 2008) (54.00 2007)… Read More
The 2009s of Albert Bichot
Tasted in Beaune 28th July 2010. The bourgognes were already bottled, and for those in wood, representative samples reflecting the oak regimes were offered in bottles for the tasting which was conducted by Albéric Bichot. The team here, as always, remain very self critical, but I find this lack… 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