Beaujolais 2015 of Lafarge-Vial
Tasted in Volnay with Frédéric Lafarge, 20 March, 2017. Domaine Lafarge-Vial Bel Air 69820 Fleurie Tel: +33 6 80 66 52 93 contact@lafargevial.com instagram : domaine_lafarge_vial twitter : @lafargevial Frédéric: “The year has started well, though it’s taking a long time to do the… Read More
lafarge-vial – beaujolais…
Frederic and Chantal Lafarge – Chantal was a Vial – have a new(ish!) small domaine of 4-hectares in the Beaujolais. They have vines in Fleurie and Chiroubles, and quite old vines too. The vines were already, ‘very well cared for, mainly organic’ but, as you would expect, they immediately set… Read More
Château Poncié – 2022
Tasted in Fleurie with new team Poncié – 19 February 2024. Château Poncié Lieu-dit Poncié 69820 Fleurie Tel: +33 4 74 69 83 33 Domaine Instagram www.chateaudeponcie.fr More reports with Château Poncié Joseph Bouchard is no-longer part of the team here though has been working on a consultancy basis. The… Read More
L’Arbuissonnière – 2022
Tasted with Jean de Rotalier in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais, 27 February 2024. Domaine L’Arbuissonnière 75 Chemin des Vignerons, 69460 Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais Tel: +33 6 83 31 38 60 Domaine Instagram www.larbuissonniere.com More Reports with L’Arbuissonnière Jean’s first vintage was 2020 – before that he was a seller of wine not a maker of… Read More
A Cru Fleurie Tasting
Tasted in Lyon 25 October 2021 The chance to meet a few domaines that I don’t know well, plus a couple of old favourites that crept in too! Listed in the order tasted: Chateau du Chatelard 307 rue de Chatelard 69220 Lancié Tel: +33 4 74 04 12 99 www.chateauduchatelard.com… Read More
A few magnums of 2015 Fleurie :)
I was tasting a bunch of 19s and 20s today – but when I got the chance to taste some older wines from magnum… They started a bit rustic but became better and better and that’s the vintage – some great wines and many very good wines… Read More
Beaujolais’ boys and girls come to Beaune….
In the ‘square’ of Romain Escoffier’s Table du Square in Beaune (right), and with an occasional interloper, the brave young producers of Beaujolais set up stall in the heart of the Côte d’Or during the week of Burgundy’s Grands Jours de Bourgogne. This tasting was not in the official programme… Read More
Brouilly & Côte de Brouilly – 2017 (2016, 2015…)
Tasted in the offices of InterBeaujolais in Villefranche, 19 and 20 July 2018. What was already apparent last November when tasting 142 2017 Nouveaus, was confirmed by this early tasting of 2017s from Brouilly and Côte de Brouilly: Clearly 2017 is a ripe and concentrated vintage in… Read More
week 8 2018 – weekend wines
Friday night with some of the Commanderie de Calgary saw 2x 2015 whites and a 2014 red. My short recollections are that we started with a Lamy St.Aubin 1er Clos de la Chatenière which was taut and fine – very lovely wine. The second was Alex Gambal’s St.Aubin 1er… Read More