henri rebourseau 1986 mazis-chambertin
From a case of halves bought at auction about 4 years ago. It’s a couple of years since I had one, so… 1986 Henri Rebourseau, Mazis-Chambertin The nose on this is rather understated, it takes over 30 minutes… Read More
Profile: Domaine Henri Rebourseau (Gevrey)
On many fronts, hearing the name ‘Domaine Henri Rebourseau’ makes me prick-up my ears; not least because of its large house and parkland-like gardens in the centre of Gevrey, there is also an impressive roll-call of vineyards too – yet both of those seem rather secondary in the context… Read More
1986 henri rebourseau mazis-chambertin + frank schoonmaker
Hardly a star performer and for years, this case of half bottles from auction could have been a monumental faux pas. Yet bottle number one was quite tasty – if not something to get carried away about. Interesting that the latest labels of the domaine have defected to the… Read More
The 2024 Burgundy vintage & its wines…
It started cold: Right, Chablis Les Pargues January 2024…The greatest wines of this tasting campaign… The Podium, roughly alphabetically… Bachelet-Monnot – 2024 Etienne Sauzet – 2024 Perrot-Minot – 2024 Samuel Billaud – 2024 Other Podium Contenders: Buisson-Charles – 2024 Boris Champy – 2024 de Montille – 2024 de Vogüé –… Read More
the charity clos de vougeot for the abbaye de cîteaux
In just over one week – Friday April 8th 2022 – Sotheby’s will commence an online charity auction of wines from Burgundy. The final recipient of these funds will be the Cistercian Abbey of Cîteaux, established in 1098. sothebys.com/vougeotpourciteaux The syndicate of producers of… Read More
a few recent wines…
See, it’s not always foggy in the Autumn! – Volnay, looking down over the Clos des Ducs All these wines (over the last 12-14 days showed well. I won’t re-bore you with notes for either the Château Thivin or the Gauthier Montmains as they are practically house… Read More
Henri Richard – 2019
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Guillaume Berthier, 28 April 2021. Domaine Henri Richard 75 Route de Beaune 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 9 62 08 00 17 www.domainehenririchard.com More reports with Domaine Henri Richard I’ve followed the wines from here since the… Read More
les wines de la ouikend…
Starting with an old friend with the William Fevre 2017 Chablis – highly dependable and delicious. The David Croix’s 2011 Santenay Clos Rousseau from Camille Giroud; such a highly drinkable and indeed relatively powerful wine for 2011 – very impressive depth and finishing interest here. The Rebourseau 2018… Read More
Online – Burgundy Report, March 2018
It’s a couple of days late – sorry about that – but now online is my March report for subscribers: Included in this issue are the wines of over 50 domaines – about 40 of which are new names to the report. The domaines cover the full… Read More