Santenay: Village Profile
There are two ways to Santenay – at least if you come from the north, and I expect that the majority of you will… The most well-trodden route of wine tourists is likely to be the road through the vines from Chassagne-Montrachet; as you travel southwards the vines rising on… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2010 and March 2011. Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (9) Premier Cru Wines (14) Grand Cru Wines (5) REGIONAL WINES 2006 Roger Belland, Bourgogne Pinot Noir… Read More
Grandes Maisons: Grands Crus – The 2008s
From the Grands Jours in Burgundy at the end of March and organised by the association of négociants (Fédération des Négociants Eleveurs de Grande Bourgogne – FNEB) was a blind tasting of predominantly 2008 grand crus in the Château du Clos de Vougeot. For some reason a handful of… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between mid-December 2009 and mid-April 2010. Regional Wines (7) Villages Wines (11) Premier Cru Wines (25) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL WINES 2005 David Clark, Bourgogne Au Pelson… Read More
Corton rejoins the Romanée-Conti family…
Aubert de Villaine stands in front of Corton Clos du Roi Towards the northern limits of the the hill of Corton lies the small town of Ladoix, or more correctly Ladoix-Serrigny – this is the most northerly of the Côte de Beaune villages. Perhaps the town’s major piece… Read More
Profile: Lavaux Saint-Jacques 1er cru of Gevrey-Chambertin
Some say Lavaut, some say Lavaux, both are allowed. I prefer the latter, and it also seems the most common form. At just a shade over 9.53 hectares and with well over 30 owners, it is not really surprising that Lavaux St.Jacques, the biggest of the Gevrey 1er… Read More
Nuits St.Georges: 2006/7’s in bottle
At this tasting in Nuits St.Georges, I anticipated sipping my way through dozens of 2007’s. As it was open to the public and the producers were also selling wine, the vintage distribution was much wider – selling what’s in stock I suppose – but many young wines made… Read More
arlaud vendanges – the reprise!
'Mark de Morey' was eventually found - not at the bottom of the destemmer, rather with a full inbox in his Blackberry - de rigeur for pickers this year you know! Trying to fix both that and his cherished camera slowed him down a little, but unbowed, here's the continuation of his story...
vendangeurs arrive – herve checks the register early morning morey dawn 27sept early vendange – bourgogne roncevie by rn74
Domaine Arlaud Diary
Monday 29th Sept
My notes, now, several days later, tell me we did Morey Les Blanchards premier cru this morning and afternoon we did Morey Les Milandes premier cru although has been suggested we did the latter yesterday – your writer now confused.com !! By checking the Morey map in Coates latest tome am sure doing ‘Blanchards’ morning was correct – supported by one or two photos taken, including a couple of my fellow vendangeurs (male) pisse dans les vignes ! Recall the grapes looked very healthy indeed - large pendulous, clean looking, bunches from Milandes. Read More