Château Thivin’s Clos Rochebonne
From the centre of the Clos, looking back towards the château. Visited 22 May 2019. Château Thivin’s Clos Rochebonne is a Beaujolais white that I’ve always respected, so it was with some relief that I picked it out blind in my tasting of Beaujolais whites in… Read More
Château Pommard – 2016
Tasted in Pommard with Emmanuel Sala, 21 May 2019. Château de Pommard 15, rue Marey Monge BP 30018 – 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 59 www.chateaudepommard.com I wanted to taste 2016s not 2017s as the elevage here is long and traditionally with… Read More
Mainly Beaujolais – new names & many magnums
Bien Boire en Beaujolais 2019 afforded me to the opportunity of finding a few (relatively) new names – here are 10 of them. Where possible I mainly tasted their 2017s. The domaines were not all from Beaujolais – truth be told, there’s some very nice Mâconnais domaines too! Plus I… Read More
Jean Fournier – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay-la-Côte with Laurent Fournier, 30 April, 2019. Domaine Jean Fournier 29, rue du Château 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 24 38 Laurent on 2017: “Versus previous years, 2017 was a very easy vintage; no frost, no mildew, no hail etcetera. An obvious… Read More
Sylvain Pataille – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay with Sylvain Pataille and Iris the dog, 16 April, 2019. Domaine Sylvain Pataille 14 Rue Neuve 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 51 17 35 I don’t visit Sylvain regularly – though I get to see him and taste with him often. As usual,… Read More
Antonin Guyon – 2017
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune 03 April 2019 with Vincent Nicot and Dominique Guyon. Domaine Antonin Guyon 2 Rue de Chorey 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 67 13 24 www.guyon-bourgogne.com Dominique on 2018: “2018 it depends where! We had half a harvest… Read More
Vougeraie – 2017
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot, 02 April, 2018. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Sylvie on 2018: “Our 2018 harvest started in August, and with the… Read More
Elevage, Oak & Alchemy
Adapted from my 2012 book, and updated following a visit to François Frères in March 2019 – all the images from that visit. Elevage – it’s the term used by French winemakers to describe the wine-maturing steps taken from the end of their alcoholic fermentation – including the fermentation in… Read More
Profile: Sylvain Mosnier
Tasted in Beine with Stéphanie Mosnier, 20 March 2019. Domaine Sylvain Mosnier 36 Route Nationale 89800 Beine Tel: +33 3 86 42 43 96 www.chablis-mosnier.com Sylvain Mosnier, the grandson of a winemaker, took on the vines from his wife, Monique’s, side of… Read More