François Carillon – 2021
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Mathis Carillon, 08 July 2024. Domaine François Carillon 2 Place de l’Église 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 00 80 www.francoiscarillon.com Domaine’s Instagram The Carillon family name has been associated with the vines of Puligny-Montrachet for almost 500 years, working the land up until a… Read More
2021 White Burgundy – Part 2
2021 Whites Part 1: Mâconnais, the modern classic 2021 Whites Part 2: Côte d’Or – the modern classic (this report) 2021 Whites Part 3: Chablis – Jan 2022 (so coming soon) Bâtard-Montrachet (Chassagne side) 09 September 2021 With the first two reports… Read More
from this week’s inquisition…
My many thanks for the vigneron(ne)s that put up with my questions this week – many covetable wines for sure! Purely alphabetically: Au Pied de Mont Chauve Jacques Carillon Jean Chartron Comtesse de Chérisey Thomas-Collardot Le Grappin Antoine Jobard… Read More
Some Côte d’Or & Mâconnais 2014 whites
Tasted in Beaune at the cuverie of Champy for the DIVA distributor tasting of 2014s – easily the best tasting, with the worst glasses! 23 and 24 March 2016, plus the ‘Tontons Trinqueurs’ tasting at the cuverie of Chantal Lescure in Nuits St.Georges, also on the 23rd of March. 73… Read More
Puligny-Montrachet: Village Profile
At the core of the white-wine-centric Côte de Beaune are Meursault & Puligny-Montrachet. Sadly for Chassagne-Montrachet and St.Aubin, and despite the quality of their wines – the former’s grand crus included – those two villages are often relegated to the afterthoughts of consumers. Meursault was, for generations, the most sought-after… Read More
a few recent wines to isolate with…
2017 François Carillon, St.Aubin 1er Pitangerets (Red) Like many from the south of the Côte d’Or in 2017 – no more than medium colour. Aromatically, here’s a lovely core… Read More
Côte de Beaune (and more south!)
Actually Côte de Beaune, plus a little Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais! Claudie Jobard 5 Route de Beaune 71150 Demigny Tel: +33 3 85 49 46 81 www.domaineclaudiejobard.fr Yes, you have met Claudie before, when not in her day-job as winemaker… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More