marchand-grillot 2005 gevrey-chambertin 1er perrières
Apart from an itinerant Chambolle and Morey Villages, Marchand-Grillot are a source for site specific Gevrey villages, a couple of 1ers and a Ruchottes. Not a producer I know well, but if this wine is anything to go by, they are worthy of more attention. 2005 Marchand-Grillot, Gevrey-Chambertin… Read More
a corking saturday (tca, bonneau du martray & marc colin)
What do these bottles have in common? Well, they were opened 30 minutes apart and both were corked. I’d been looking forward to opening the Bonneau, so chose my birthday – the perfect example of Murphy’s Law, or as the Germans prefer to say; ‘Shit Happens’. Anyway, post… Read More
Fontaine-Gagnard – 2024
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Céline Fontaine, 14 October 2025. Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard 19 Route de Santenay 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 35 50 www.domaine-fontaine-gagnard.com More reports with Domaine ,Fontaine-Gagnard Céline on 2024 and a little on 2025: “About 40% less. Principally, it was due to the flowering – not… Read More
from this week’s inquisition…
My many thanks for the vigneron(ne)s that put up with my questions this week – many covetable wines for sure! Purely alphabetically: Au Pied de Mont Chauve Jacques Carillon Jean Chartron Comtesse de Chérisey Thomas-Collardot Le Grappin Antoine Jobard… Read More
Some Côte d’Or & Mâconnais 2014 whites
Tasted in Beaune at the cuverie of Champy for the DIVA distributor tasting of 2014s – easily the best tasting, with the worst glasses! 23 and 24 March 2016, plus the ‘Tontons Trinqueurs’ tasting at the cuverie of Chantal Lescure in Nuits St.Georges, also on the 23rd of March. 73… Read More
The very big round-up…
Here’s a compendium of wines, mainly 2011s and virtually all from bottle, mainly tasted with producers. I would have tasted many, many more in March/April but (sadly) had to cancel my visits. You will also see more and more 2012s as we move through into July-November. I’m afraid I still… Read More
paddling…
Like a duck paddling away below the surface I’m trying to give the impression of everything being serene above the waist. The fact is the next Burgundy Report (already the 8th year!) is coming together in a much more orderly/timely fashion than usual – in fact you will only have… Read More
Random ruminations…
The Market A trade source tells me that there are significant quantities of 2003, 2004 and 2006 that are still in the ‘pipeline’, and with hardly any 2007s sold, the coming 2008 en-primeur campaign could be very messy – that’s before you factor-in whether January will still be too… Read More
Tasting 112×2006 in bottle
112 wines from the 2006 vintage tasted over 8 days, plus one interloping 2005 – 80% were poured by their makers. Clearly for the vast majority of these I did not drink the whole bottle, otherwise the powers that be would have already rejected the need for a pointless… Read More