Clos de Vougeot 2011 – blind tasted…
Tasted in London at the F+R offices, 14 October, 2014. My thanks to Joss Fowler for extending the invitation – I guess he knew it was my birthday! If you email him, I’m sure he will be happy to sell you all of these! Summarising… Read More
Mark’s harvest: Vendange Day 4 – p.m Negoce !
ARLAUD VENDANGE – Day 4 (pm), Thurs 18th Sept 2014 Bonjour, tout le monde, sorry for the delayed re-appearance of notes, thoughts etc from Morey – we’ve been working like slaves and, despite best intentions any number of times, my journalistic desires (if one can call it that) have just… Read More
Georges Mugneret-Gibourg – 2012
Tasted in Vosne-Romanée with Marie-Andrée Mugneret, 18 May, 2014. I started my visit with a view out of the back-door of the domaine, looking over their vines towards the ‘Route-Nationale.’ This is where 80% of the grapes come from for their ‘Villages Vosne’ cuvée, another 15% comes from near Nuits… Read More
GJB: Echézeaux – 2012
A range of 2012 Echézeaux, tasted with their producers in Vougeot, 17 March, 2014. Can you imagine the disappointment on my face when I reached the tasting station of Joseph Drouhin, having seen their magnum – only at the last moment to realise it was actually Grands-Echézeaux –… Read More
Burgundy Reports
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Nuits Saint Georges: Village Profile
Despite having no Grand Crus to call its own, Nuits appended the name of its most important vineyard, Les St.Georges, on the 10th May 1892 to become Nuits-Saint-Georges – before that it was described as Nuits-sous-Beaune. When the railway came in 1849 the station here was… Read More
Just so many wines – part 2
Not quite the blast that was part 1 – just over 90 wines – probably fatigue was starting to set in! Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st April 2011 and the end of June 2011. They are mainly 2009s – more and more… Read More
le weekend…
Just a few notes from a lovely, sunny weekend. We were holed up in the Mâconnais village of St.Gengoux-le-National – which used to be le-Royal before the revolution – very picturesque and calm, the area is dotted with pretty little château. I can only think of one complaint; a… Read More
a weekend away – with bottles!
A long weekend in the UK is to blame for the tumbleweed around here. Still, that didn’t mean I completely gave up imbibing… Friday was a very early start indeed – actually more than a few in the UK probably hadn’t made it to their beds when my alarm went… Read More