Huber-Verdereau – 2017
Tasted in Volnay with Thiébault Huber, 12 November 2018. Domaine Huber-Verdereau 3 rue de la Cave 21190 Volnay Tel :+33 3 80 21 64 37 www.huber-verdereau.com Thiébault on 2018: “2018 – Eventually – yes! I really wished for a vintage like this though we… Read More
2016 Red Burgundy
The red harvest volume in 2016 was significantly below that of the the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – only the volumes of 2003 and 1991 of (relatively) recent memory can compare. Essentially that means that the oft-quoted 5 year-average is currently something of a meaningless statistic –… Read More
weekend (23) drinking…
A modest, but tasty, selection: 2005 Joseph Voillot, Volnay 1er Brouillards This retains a deep and young-looking colour. The nose is big, but with some perfumed red fruit – looking good! Tasty, layered wine – no obvious tannin – there are 05s with more oomph, and 05s… Read More
Volnay: Village Profile
Volnay is about wines of beautiful perfume, but this relatively small appellation is also about people – Rossignols, Bouleys, Mures and Boillots – plus their various hybrids: “All the Rossignols are cousins, even Rossignol-Trapet in Gevrey is a nephew, and the grandfather of Henri Boillot was the brother of my… Read More
frost!
Whilst in ‘relatively’ warm Beaujolais this week, I’ve watched all the pictures of ‘candles’ and water-sprays to combat the frost in Chablis, but this morning it seems the Côte d’Or has been touched – and it seems to have been more severe than a ‘touch.’ “I think I lost 90%… Read More
Huber-Verdereau
Tasted in Volnay with Thiébault Huber, 05 February 2016. Domaine Huber-Verdereau 3 rue de la Cave 21190 Volnay Tel :+33 3 80 21 64 37 www.huber-verdereau.com Thiébault is the outgoing head of the growers syndicate of Volnay – it was he who helped me put… Read More
week 05 2016 – the first of february’s volnay visits
Le portraits…. So for commentors, Woody and Joost, you will be able to see the reports of these visits in my February 2016 issue of Burgundy Report, here. Published about the end of March. The first weeks visits to vignerons who live in… Read More
a weekend duo…
2009 Ramonet, Bourgogne Pinot Noir Modesty coloured. A warm but welcoming aroma here – nicely detailed red fruit and not ‘too warm.’ Nicely textured with decent balance and a sweetness of fruit. Not a wine for dissecting, rather… Read More
the two gorgeous weekend wines..
Of-course there were more than 2 bottles at dinner on Saturday, but what value is a eulogy on a ’29 Musigny with a dark past? I only have young wines at the apartment in Beaune, but luckily they were yum! 2012 Joseph Voillot, Volnay 1er Caillerets… Read More