nuits for the weekend
And for a change, three great, robust, corks too! 2007 Mugnier, Nuits St.Georges 1er Clos de la Marechale There’s a little ageing to the colour of this, but not to the extent of many from the vintage. The nose has bit of ‘pluminess’ to the fruit, but… Read More
this week’s sequence of bottles…
2006 JF Mugnier, Nuits St.Georges 1er Clos de la Maréchale Of-course, the biggest disappointment is being able to say nothing at all about the wine – the cork was very smelly from TCA – the wine equally so… 2007 Prince Florent de Merode, Corton Clos du Roi… Read More
sequencing…
Having already done a 2002 and a 2003 before the 2005 last week, but not quite being able to force myself to open a 2004, from the image above, I suspect you may still be able to spot my coming (cunning) plan. This was squarely interrupted by… Read More
boeuf bourguignone and lots of corky bottles…
At the beginning of February, I had a corked bottle of Castagier’s 1997 Clos de la Roche. The middle of February I had corked bottles of Vincent Dauvissat’s 1997 Chablis 1er Les Forêts and it’s not just old bottles because… Read More
July’s Burgundy Report
For those who need their fix of Mugnier, de Vogüé, Faiveley, Rossignol-Trapet and Lamarche – plus some newly bottled Chablis – a mix of 2018 and 2017 wines, red and white, the July Burgundy Report has, for a few days, been online for subscribers… Enjoy!… Read More
The 1998 Burgundy Vintage – 20 years on…
I have been so looking forward to tasting these 1998s. I cut my teeth of the wines of 1993-1995 and the 1996s were the first en-primeur wines that I bought. I tasted some 1996 and 1997s in Burgundy but only started to regularly taste from cask from the 2000 vintage… Read More
weekend wines – week 41
Believe it or not, on Sunday, there was no wine… But Saturday allowed me to finish the 2002 Engel and the 2001 Clos de Tart, plus open the de Vogüé and the Mugnier. The Engel held up perfectly (stoppered and left at about 15°C overnight), and the Clos de… Read More
Mee Godard
Tasted with Mee in Morgon, 13 April 2016. Domaine Mee Godard Morgon-le-Bas 69910 Villié-Morgon Tel: +33 6 66 47 00 64 www.meegodard.com Mee met her Swiss husband in the US where he was working as an oenologue. Mee had worked with Ludivine Griveau… Read More
Jane Eyre – Bligny-lès-Beaune
Tasted with Jane Eyre in Meursault, 20 July 2015. It was a ‘secret’ at the time, but in August, just in time for the 2015 harvest, she moved to a new cuverie in the Château de Bligny. Maison Jane Eyre Château de Bligny 14 Grande rue 21200… Read More