a nice 2001 ponsot
I didn’t have much luck wiith the first two villages wines I tasted here and here but here is a very nice wine… 2001 Ponsot, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les CharmesMedium cherry-red. The nose is transparent, almost crystaline red fruit of some sweetness that takes… Read More
2001 ponsot morey st.denis
Tomorrow will kick-off the first of about 8 days of concentrated tasting; I start with a dinner with 12 super wines – all from magnum – then Tuesday will see a large Pommard tasting, Thursday and Friday I have visits at a number of domaines. Saturday sees yet-more 2004’s. I… Read More
Auctions done and to come…
Three sales – 2 for roughly similar values – but each for way less than a single bottle of Romanée-Conti 1945. The middle of these three for quite a bit more… Image right from the Auctioneer, Baghera Done – Andrew Lloyd Weber, £500,000:… Read More
Hubert Lignier – 2024
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Laurent Lignier, 10 December 2025. Domaine Hubert Lignier 45, Grande Rue 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 51 87 40 www.hubert-lignier.com More reports for Domaine Hubert Lignier And Hubert will be 80 years old this year. Laurent on 2025: “We averaged 33 hl/ha, so… 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
19 Sept, Harvest 2025: A day in Rivolet…
6am – and there’s neither fresh coffee, nor croissants in French service stations !! Effectively, the harvest is over as in Morey St.Denis, even Domaine Ponsot finished their aligoté a couple of days ago !! So today I’m closing this localised 2025 reporting with some of the longest-waited… Read More
some weekend wines – week 11 2022
We were really treated by three out of the four wines this weekend! 2020 Jacques Picq et ses Enfants, Chablis We needed a little white wine for the risotto – but why not some glasses to drink too? It turned out that this wine emphasised my worries about… Read More
a few festive wines – so far…
Just from memory: 2019 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett The name longer than the note! Low alcohol, sweet but so moreish – delicious wine… 2018 Laurent Martray, Brouilly Corentin This is why I love this producer – so involving, beautiful fruit and suddenly the… Read More
A Yorkshire lunch – in three acts…
A short hop to Leeds – so a Yorkshire lunch – even if one of us didn’t have the fortune of originating from that county 🙂 (My) Lunch was French onion soup, venison Wellington and nibbling from a selection of cheeses. I can’t remember the last time I saw this… Read More