des Marrans – 2020
Tasted with Mathieu Mélinand in Fleurie, 11 February 2022. Domaine des Marrans 109 route des Marrans, 69820 Fleurie Tel: +33 4 74 04 13 21 I first got to know these wines at the Fleurie tasting in Lyon (elsewhere in this report) and wanted to return:… Read More
Céline et Nicolas Hirsch – 2021
Tasted in Chénas with Nicolas Hirsch, 16 February 2022. Domaine Céline et Nicolas Hirsch Les Brureaux 69840 Chénas Tel: +33 3 85 33 50 40 www.domainehirsch.com More reports with Domaine Céline et Nicolas Hirsch Nicolas on 2021:… Read More
Château de Lavernette – 2020
Tasted with Kerrie de Boissieu in Hurigny, 08 November 2021. Château de Lavernette 71570 Leynes Tel: +33 3 85 35 63 21 www.lavernette.com More reports with Château Lavernette Château de Lavernette is a Biodynamic estate and the grapes… Read More
Chanzy – 2020
Tasted in Bouzeron with Max Blondelle & Loïc Cornuau, 24 November 2021. Domaine Chanzy 1 Rue de la Fontaine 71150 Bouzeron Tel: +33 3 85 87 62 10 www.domaine-chanzy.com More reports with Domaine Chanzy. Max on 2021 & 2020: “This… Read More
Pierre Guillemot – 2019
Tasted in Savigny-lès-Beaune with Vincent Guillemot, 26 May 2021 Domaine Pierre Guillemot 11 Place Fournier 21420 Savigny-lès-Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 21 50 40 Vincent explains that ‘this is a complicated domaine!’ “I’m the 6th generation in wine. The family started as négociants – Philippe Guillemot… Read More
Château de La Chaize – 2019
Tasted in Odenas with Nicolas Meilly, 03 February 2021. Château de La Chaize 69460 Odenas Tel: +33 04 74 03 41 05 www.chateaudelachaize.com More reports for Château de La Chaize The new facility for bottling and stocking bottles… Read More
Daniel, Sébastien & Vincent Dampt – 2019
Tasted in Milly with Sébastien & Vincent Dampt, 04 January 2021. Domaines Daniel, Sébastien and Vincent Dampt 1 Chemin des Violettes 89800 Milly Tel: +33 3 86 42 47 23 www.sebastien-dampt.com More reports for Domaines Daniel, Sébastien & Vincent Dampt… Read More
dry january’s first wines…
Dry January? Give me a break… I didn’t write notes as I tasted so let me just give you some short impressions. 2018 Chateau des Rontets, Pouilly-Fuissé Les Birbettes Plenty of colour. A nose… Read More
André Goichot – 2019
Tasted in Beaune with Arnauld Goichot, 20 October 2020. Maison André Goichot Avenue Charles de Gaulle 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 25 91 30 www.goichotsa.com Here’s a producer with some very modern-looking wine-making facilities and a wine-shop on one of my jogging… Read More