The 2024 Burgundy vintage & its wines…
It started cold: Right, Chablis Les Pargues January 2024…The greatest wines of this tasting campaign… The Podium, roughly alphabetically… Bachelet-Monnot – 2024 Etienne Sauzet – 2024 Perrot-Minot – 2024 Samuel Billaud – 2024 Other Podium Contenders: Buisson-Charles – 2024 Boris Champy – 2024 de Montille – 2024 de Vogüé –… Read More
La Pierre Ronde – 2022
Tasted with Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne in Beaune, 08 July 2024. La Pierre Ronde 10 rue Jean-François Champollion 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 6 16 65 67 97 www.lapierreronde.com Antoine’s Instagram More reports with La Pierre Rond Antoine on 2022: “The 2022s are all bottled – done in December. It… Read More
2024 Edition: Clos de Vougeot, in the Clos de Vougeot !!
Every couple of years the syndicate of producers of grand cru Clos de Vougeot put on a tasting of recent and a little older, vintages. It’s timed to coincide with the Grand Jours de Bourgogne – I wasn’t registered for the GJDB but I made myself available for this 🙂… Read More
Château de Meursault – 2020 whites & 2019 reds
Tasted in Meursault with Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 23 May 2022. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com More reports with Château de Meursault 67 hectares are under… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
the almond trees
It’s that time of year – yes already! And this is one of the best shows of blooms – the old tree at the top of Jacques Prieur’s Volnay 1er Clos des Santenots. These pictures from yesterday… amandier – volnay clos des santenots… Read More
another week’s inquisition…
My many thanks for the vigneron(ne)s that put up with my questions this week – once-more, many covetable wines for sure, you’ll have to subscribe to hear about the bad ones 😉 Purely alphabetically, domaines: Chanzy Jean-Philippe Fichet Fontaine-Gagnard Jean-Noel Gagnard André Goichot… Read More
the recent corkscrew action…
Well, it was Chardonnay Day – that was my excuse. A great series of wines… 2018 Séguinot-Bordet, Chablis 1er Fourchaume A big, chunky Trescases… Read More
Château de Meursault – 2018
Tasted in Meursault with Emmanuel Escutenaire and Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, 22 October 2019. Domaine de Château du Meursault Rue du Moulin Foulot 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 26 22 75 www.chateau-meursault.com There are now an impressive 67 hectares of vines here as… Read More