burgundy 2013 harvest – thursday 3rd october…
My first time on the new TGV route – indicated 319 km/h towards Dijon – I would lose my car in France even for attempting that! And what a great way to arrive, on a summer-like autumn day of 25°C – definitely t-shirts by the triage table. Of-course the… Read More
budburst!
Not sure what Dominique Lafon was focusing on, but here’s his evidence of the first budbursts in Meursault today! Pic courtesy D.Lafon Like this:Like Loading…… Read More
Il ya a du monde au balcon…
It sounds as though Joss was as smitten by the 2010s of Dominique Lafon just as much as I was smitten by the 2009s. On long consideration those 09s were the best whites I tasted from the vintage, with Roulot and Lamy (for their relative ranges) in joint second!… Read More
grower interviews with jasper morris mw
Listen to Jasper Morris (MW) of UK merchant Berry Bros & Rudd as he works his way through visits with Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon (Dominique Lafon), Domaine du Comte Armand (Benjamin Leroux), Olivier Merlin, Patrick Javillier, the Bret Brothers, Patrice Rion, Domaine du Clos de Tart (Sylvain Pitiot) and… Read More
14th september – fin – almost…
This will be the last ‘active’ note related to the 2007 Burgundy grape harvest, as by Monday the vendanges will be overwhelmingly over. A few additional summaries from growers will appear as they become available. The weather has held up brilliantly over the last two weeks – though the temperature… Read More
4th september – smells, no whites & improving nuits
The weather is amazing; the few drops of rain in Beaune yesterday came to nothing, but today it’s sunny, the north wind is blowing – and it’s cold! It really is like an an October harvest even though were are in the first week of September. The home team boss… Read More
harvest 2007 – ‘steady as she goes…’
From Berry Bros & Rudd website: “18, July. It’s all doom and gloom in the press at the moment with reports coming in thick and fast that there might not even be a harvest in Bordeaux or Burgundy. In actual fact, many vineyards are looking healthy and happy with a… Read More
jacky rigaux – terroir and the winegrower
An important book, so worth a little delving into the detail. I purchased it in the Athenaeum bookshop in Beaune for 28 Euros – it doesn’t seem to be listed on Amazon at this time. A quick flip through the contents and contributors (interviewees) and this is a… Read More
The Dijon School…Part II
Now including the the addition of the Côte de Beaune producers. No real text additions vs the last issue except to say ‘Congratulations’ to Carel Voorhuis who we met in the last report – in the last few days of March 2005 he was elected the Président de la… Read More