Bourgogne Rosés for summer 2016 – Pinot vs Gamay
There were two tastings in 3 days – 06+08 June 2016 – the first in Beaune and the second in Villefranche (Beaujolais). Who would come out on top – northern Burgundy or southern Burgndy? I looked at the current commercial vintage, which of-course largely means 2015 – though there are… Read More
Events…
Tastings syllabus online soon… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to… Read More
back in france…
Having published the March-EXTRA! report in the early hours, I’m now back in Burgundy to complete my visits for April! A brilliant visit to start the day, at Jean Fournier in Marsannay – wines certainly on a similar quality-level to Pataille’s, and the first Marsannay whites that I really… Read More
2017 Value Whites – the BIVB’s Cave Prestige 2019…
The winners… The 48th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. Read More
young talents 2018
The big tasting was this week, and here for your interest is the list of nominees for the trophy in each category. Some are well-known to readers of Burgundy Report, some naturally, are new. There will be a ‘taste-off’ with the trophy’s main judges – this year Olivier Poussier and… Read More
And 2015? – nearly 50 wines now bottled
Nice to see how the bottled wines now look – plenty of truly great reds, though much harder to find great whites – seemingly more success by domaine than by particular wines in the whites! The whites: 2015 De Villaine, Bouzeron A modest nose, quite tight. Full, saline, slowly… Read More
marsannay-riesling?
No, they haven’t planted a new cepage in Marsannay! It’s great to taste different styles to keep your horizons open. Inspired by ami-du-vin Jean-François Guyard of vinifera-mundi.ch – and largely of wines from his own cellar – we got together on Wednesday evening with the… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More