Jean-Claude Bessin – 2017
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Jean-Claude Bessin, 24 January 2019. Domaine Bessin 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 Jean-Claude on 2018: “Relatively easy; lots of dryness so less mechanical intervention was needed – less labour. The spring came… Read More
Jean-Claude Bessin – 2016
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Romain and Jean-Claude Bessin, 11 January 2018. Domaine Bessin 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 Jean-Claude on 2017: “2017 – also quite catastrophic and principally for the same reason – our yields were… Read More
Jean-Claude Bessin – 2015
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Jean-Claude Bessin, 11 January 2017. Domaine Bessin 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 Jean-Claude on 2016: “I almost prefer not to talk about it – it was really catastrophic. Mainly due to the… Read More
Jean-Claude Bessin – 2014
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Jean-Claude Bessin, 13 January 2016. Domaine Bessin 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 I am already, I think, getting the hang of visiting Jean-Claude. Each year we spend the first five minutes discussing the… Read More
Jean-Claude Bessin – 2013
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Jean-Claude Bessin, 14th January 2015. Domaine Bessin 11 rue des Cours 89800 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 46 77 Jean-Claude on 2013: “It was a small volume in 2013. We lost about 50% – that’s even lower than the… Read More
Jean-Claude Bessin 2012
Tasted in La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne with Jean-Claude Bessin, 29 April, 2014. Domaine BESSIN 11 rue des Cours 89800 LA CHAPELLE-VAUPELTEIGNE Tel. +33 (0)3 86 42 46 77+33 (0)3… Read More
jean-claude bessin chablis vieilles vignes 2005
Jean-Claude Bessin Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2005 2005 Jean-Claude Bessin, Chablis Vielles Vignes Pale yellow-green colour. The nose is fresh with sea-shells and an undertow of ripe melon-style fruit. Reasonably fresh and certainly intense in the slightly ‘padded’ mid-palate. Despite the padding it could only come… Read More
Profile: Domaine Jean-Claude Bessin (Chablis)
Not really a true profile as I don’t visit Chablis so haven’t met Jean-Claude. However, I’ve tasted a few wines and very-much like the Raveneau style that I find and at such a discount to that estate that I decided to make the notes available here. Jean-Claude’s family… Read More
2016 Jean-Claude & Romain Bessin, Chablis Valmur
2016 Jean-Claude & Romain Bessin, Chablis Valmur I don’t have many more of these, but this is a grand vin and one of my wines of the 2016 vintage. It beautifully blends power and a direct flavour with a suave texture and an undoubted structure – with zero… Read More