Simon Colin – 2022
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Simon Colin, 21 July 2023 Domaine Simon Colin Le Haut des Champs 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 6 42 46 70 22 www.domainesimoncolin.com Two years have passed so quickly since I last visited Simon – so I’ve, unfortunately, missed his 2021s – because of the frost there… 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 online for this 2021 vintage, you now have… Read More
2020 White Burgundy – Part 2
2020 Whites Part 1: Mâconnais – October 2021 2020 Whites Part 2: Côte d’Or – November 2021 (this report) 2020 Whites Part 3: Chablis – Jan 2022 (so coming soon) Meursault, 25 May 2020 – the flowering already done in the chardonnay…… Read More
2019 White Burgundy – Part 2
Part 1: 2019 Mâconnais – Sept 2020 Part 2: 2019 Côte d’Or – Oct 2020 Part 3: 2019 Chablis – Jan 2021 02 April 2019 – before the frost… What about the 2019 whites? Delicious, sensuous, tactile wines… 2019 is a year… Read More
this week’s, pre-lockdown, 2019 inquisition…
A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More
this weekend’s wines…
Saturday – a nice day for a walk with a borrowed dog! A modest ‘effort’ at the weekend – just enough to keep from a dry palate! 2016 Jean-Marc Pillot, Montagny 1er Les Gouresses After more than 650 Chablis in January, this nose shows an… Read More
a couple of weekend wines, week 47 2019
Hmm – week 47 – there’s not many weeks left this year! Two similarly priced wines – similarly good too: 2016 Jean-Marc Pillot, Montagny 1er Les Gouresses Such a vibrant and perfumed nose of sweet citrus and faint minerality. A punch of freshness, complexity and energy. Yes!… Read More
nouveau – non
It’s a truism in Burgundy that there are great wines, but often you can’t buy them. I seem to have found that also with Beaujolais Nouveau this year. This bottle was the only option in my (Swiss) supermarket this year – for a princely 5.95 Swiss francs. To be honest,… Read More
Profile: Michel Niellon
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Michel Coutoux, 30 January 2018. Domaine Michel Niellon Le Haut des Champs 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 24 70 17 The family home of Michel Niellon with his ‘impossibly small cellars‘ (so described by Jasper Morris) remains in old Chassagne-Montrachet, but for… Read More