July’s Burgundy Report
For those who need their fix of Mugnier, de Vogüé, Faiveley, Rossignol-Trapet and Lamarche – plus some newly bottled Chablis – a mix of 2018 and 2017 wines, red and white, the July Burgundy Report has, for a few days, been online for subscribers… Enjoy! Like… Read More
catching up with the empty bottles…
Before I left for Piedmonte, I’d accumulated a lovely set of wines – I would/should say an exceptional group of wines. Where I can remember something, or indeed took a few crafty notes, a few words follow about them:… Read More
Echézeaux – 2017
It’s not every day you get to taste more than 2 or 3 grand crus together, certainly not grand crus from Vosne-Romanée – okay, from Flagey-Echézeaux! This was an important tasting for me, because versus ‘the average,’ my tastings in November and December indicated that Echézeaux was one of… Read More
marko’s burgundy vendange day five…
Arlaud Vendange Day 5 Friday 7th September Aligote x 2, Morey Villages (vers Roncevie), Vosne P-M, Morey Clos Solon, Morey Aux Cheseaux: Friday turned out to be another very warm day but in terroir & picking terms a very varied one. We ‘kicked off’ with two separate parcels… Read More
ICYMI* – a few of my favourite things from 2017 – including the general
*In Case You Missed it… My favourite short sketch: The General… [winemaker 1]You know, we have have a pet-name for winemaker 2, we call him the General… [me]And why do you call him the General? [winemaker 1]Because he puts all the medals he wins on the… Read More
some christmas bottles…
1997 Bouchard Père et Fils Le Corton My last bottle of this – during The September Report’s look at 1997s, 20 years on – was completely corked. This cork, looks fine but was as hard as concrete – still, had it protected not corrupted the wine this time?… Read More
Profile: Sylvain Cathiard
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Sébastien Cathiard, 05 December 2017. Domaine Sylvain Cathiard 20 Rue de la Goillotte 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 62 36 01 Sébastien is the 4th generation of this domaine, Sylvain in the domaine name is his father. The first generation of… Read More
christmas magnums…
Only because he’s a friend, and you might be able to get your hands on some, here’s a Christmas in magnums offer received today. There will be no kick-backs (he doesn’t know that I’ve posted this) as I already have my Christmas magnums prepared: 1992 Francois Jobard, Meursault… Read More
2 (assorted) echézeaux…
1998 François Lamarche, Echézeaux A fresh, intense nose with a very good fruit flavour but it quickly becomes ever-more herbal – borderline unpleasant. Plenty of modest rasp from the tannin – but the grain is clearly fading. A bit… Read More