niellon 2008 chassagne 1er clos de la maltroie
2008 Michel Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Clos de la Maltroie Medium golden. Plenty of sweet toasted bread, brioche indeed – (very) nice as it is, it does rather smother any obvious Chassagne-ness. There is a… Read More
niellon 2008 chassagne 1er chenevottes
2008 Michel Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Les Chenevottes A faint creme brûlée floats over green and yellow citrus notes – you have to wait some time before the classic Chassagne green herbs finally appear – it’s a tight and… Read More
niellon 2004 chassagne maltroie
2004 Michel Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Clos de la Maltroie Medium-pale yellow. The nose starts deep with plenty of fresh bread and sweet pear, slowly tightens and becomes higher toned. The palate is fat and full – almost grand cru ‘oily’ – with super acidity, and penetrating… Read More
The Early 2025 Burgundy Vintage Report
Comtes Lafon – finishing their white harvest before the rain. 22 August 2025… It’s much too early to discuss individual wines – many of which have not finished all of their fermentations – but we can make many comparisons to how the vintage played out versus 2024: In Summary If… Read More
2021 White Burgundy – Part 2
2021 Whites Part 1: Mâconnais, the modern classic 2021 Whites Part 2: Côte d’Or – the modern classic (this report) 2021 Whites Part 3: Chablis – Jan 2022 (so coming soon) Bâtard-Montrachet (Chassagne side) 09 September 2021 With the first two reports… Read More
And 2015? – nearly 50 wines now bottled
Nice to see how the bottled wines now look – plenty of truly great reds, though much harder to find great whites – seemingly more success by domaine than by particular wines in the whites! The whites: 2015 De Villaine, Bouzeron A modest nose, quite tight. Full, saline, slowly… Read More
Olivier Leflaive – 2016
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Frank Grux, 07 November 2017. Olivier Leflaive Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 95 27 www.olivier-leflaive.com Frank on 2016: “2016 was clearly a complicated vintage. All was wet to start with – and that came… Read More
Olivier Leflaive – 2015
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Frank Grux, 14 December 2016. Olivier Leflaive Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 95 27 www.olivier-leflaive.com Frank on 2016: “2016, it was clearly a complicated vintage. All was wet to start with, and after no… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More