Malandes – 2015
Tasted in Chablis with Lyne Marchive and Guénolé Breteaudeau, 24 January 2017. Domaine des Malandes 11 route d’Auxerre 89800 Chablis Tel. +33 3 86 42 41 37 www.domainedesmalandes.com Lyne on 2016: “In 2016 have some bourgogne (Mâcon) Peronne as the volume here… Read More
Malandes – 2014
Tasted in Chablis with Lyne Marchive and Guénolé Breteaudeau, 29 january 2016. Domaine des Malandes 11 route d’Auxerre 89800 Chablis Tel. +33 3 86 42 41 37 www.domainedesmalandes.com Lyne Marchive is from an old Chablis family, the Tremblays. She has run her own… Read More
It’s time – the 2024 harvest…
It’s true – I’ve bored you enough about a year that has experienced wave after wave of rain – but with some nice sunny days too. Unfortunately, for many producers, the balance has seemed to be more in favour of the rain this year, evidenced by even more thunder-storms in… Read More
Jean Goulley – 2022
Tasted with Philippe Goulley in (flooded!) La Chapelle Vaupelteigne, 12 March 2024. Domaine Jean Goulley 11 bis Rue de la Vallée des Rosiers 89800 La Chapelle Vaupelteigne Tel: +33 3 86 42 80 85 www.chablisbio.com Philippe Goulley took on his father’s domaine –… Read More
Raoul Gautherin et Fils – 2020
Tasted with Adrien Gautherin in Chablis, 06 April 2022. Domaine Raoul Gautherin et Fils 3 Avenue Aristide Briand 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 42 11 86 www.chablis-gautherin.com Here’s a domaine that was, historically, in the centre of Chablis but since 2017, they… Read More
basking in the sun part 2… the 2021 frost…
Basking in the sun… Part 1 It’s still much too early to properly take stock* other than to say that the frost of April 2021 – a month not yet over – was both a rare and a severely yield-limiting event. You will have to go back… Read More
66x 2019 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 25 January 2021. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the… Read More
56x 2018 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 21 January 2020. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, of new producers whose wines I haven’t already explored. A number who made wines I rated highly in the 2017 vintage were profiled for… Read More
2017 Value Whites – the BIVB’s Cave Prestige 2019…
The winners… The 48th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. Read More