Château du Basty – 2022
Tasted in ‘Bastys’ with Quentin Perroud, 28 February 2024. Château du Basty Lieu-dit Le Bastys 4412 route de Saint Joseph 69430 Lantignié Tel: +33 4 74 04 85 98 www.chateaudubasty.com Producer Instagram More reports with Château du Basty Quentin on 2023: In 2023, about 10% of our vines were touched… Read More
Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre – 2023 & 2022
Tasted with Rémi Dufaitre in Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières, 01 March 2024. Domaine du Botheland – Laurence & Rémi Dufaitre 150 Route de Botheland 69460 Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières Tel: +33 6 33 58 86 31 Producer Instagram More reports with Rémi Dufaitre Rémi on 2023: “In 2023 we had no hail and all the wines… Read More
Sylvain Dussort – 2021
Tasted in Meursault with Anne Caroline Dussort, 03 November 2023. Domaine Sylvain Dussort 12 Rue Charles Giraud 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 27 50 www.sylvaindussort.com Domaine’s Instagram More reports on Domaine Sylvain… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange – the end !! Days 15-17…
Wall of Pinot Noir grapes for my cutting after leaf stripping Sunday-Tuesday, Sept 24th-26th Sunday As with our previous Sunday at the end of Week 1 this was a free, non-working, day. Despite that I was up at my usual hour and was again on my own in the… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Days 8 & 9 – Sept 17/18th
Sunday – 17th September As a non-working day, coming after the extended evening’s Paulee, and being kept awake by excessive, unwarranted noise into the ‘small hours’, I allowed myself the ‘luxury’ of a decadent lie in until rousing myself around 8.00 a.m. My room mate, Chef Jean-Michel, had already… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 7 – Sept 16th
Saturday… This was yet another varied and interesting day in more ways than one ! In football (soccer) parlance this might be suitably described as a game (or day) of two halves (parts) ! Let’s get into it. I was up earlier than usual, not sure how I… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 6 – Sept 15th
Domaine Vendange Team1 Friday Appreciate these are (to be) the words for this Day 6 but I’ve realised I’ve forgotten an aspect of the late evening of yesterday (Day 5) hence, rather than provide such words to Bill, and ask him to edit/add to the Day… Read More
Domaine Michel Gros 2023 Vendange Day 5 – Sept 14th
(typed 5/10/23) A welcome clear early morning start to this day weather wise from yesterday but, as initially cooler, and maybe influenced by the day before, I layered up a bit under continuing to wear waterproofs – the Englishman in me I guess ! As it happened the day brightened… Read More
Julien Duport – 2021
Tasted in Odénas with Julien Duport, 29 March 2023. Domaine Julien Duport Hameau Brouilly 69460 Odénas Tel: +33 6 81 83 10 21 More reports with Julien Duport I really liked the wines of Julien when I previously visited but inexplicably I lost… Read More