Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Weber, November 30 2016. Bouchard Père et Fils 15 Rue du Château 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 80 24 www.bouchard-pereetfils.com Frédéric on 2016: “2016 would have been a great year without the frost, which was a catastrophe. Read More

Tasted in Premeaux with Pierre Vincent, 02 December, 2016. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Pierre is moving on: I’m not (knowingly) breaking any embargo here, despite having seen… Read More

Tasted in Meursault with Gauthier Roussille, 28 November 2016. Domaine de Montille, Château de Puligny-Montrachet & Maison Deux Montille Soeur Frères rue de But 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 39 14 www.demontille.com Gauthier on 2016: “It was a very wet… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry, 16 November 2016. Domaine Albert Morot   20 Avenue Charles Jaffelin 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 35 39 Albert Morot was a negoce, but bought their own vines in late 1800s. Today they have 8ha but virtually… Read More

Tasted in Cheilly with Pablo Chevrot, 16 November, 2016. Domaine Chevrot et Fils 19 Route de Couches 71150 Cheilly-lès-Maranges Tel: +33 3 85 91 10 55 www.chevrot.fr Pablo on 2016: “Lots of frost in some places, though generally not too much here in… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Lauriane André and Jerôme Despres, 10 November 2016. Domaine Francoise André 7, Rempart Saint-Jean 21200 Beaune, France Tel:+33 3 80 24 21 65 www.domaineterregelesses-francoiseandre.com The domaine owns all its vines, so there’s no fermage or metayage. Between 9 and 9.5 hectares… Read More

The white harvest in 2015 was, overall, just a little higher than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – though there are many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years – so for that reason, this actually remains a modest volume vintage. And let’s not forget the frost… Read More

Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet, 16 November 2016, with Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. SARL Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chemin du Puits Merdreaux ZA Le Haut des Champs 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 90 10 Pierre-Yves on 2016:: “2016 was complicated, of-course. It didn’t start well; the frost was worst… Read More

Tasted in Mercurey with Julien Bordet, 04 November 2016. Domaine Faiveley Domaine de la Framboisière 1 grande rue 71640 Mercurey www.domaine-faiveley.com Domaines Faiveley have 73 hectares in the Côte Chalonnaise, 20 of which planted with chardonnay; the majority is in Mercurey, 55 hectares, but they… Read More