Fougeray de Beauclair – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay-la-Côte with Patrice Olliver, 25 April 2019. Domaine Fougeray de Beauclair 44 Rue de Mazy 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 21 12 fougeraydebeauclair.com Patrice on 2018: “It was a sunny year for sure, early too – we started harvesting 5… Read More
Jean Fournier – 2017
Tasted in Marsannay-la-Côte with Laurent Fournier, 30 April, 2019. Domaine Jean Fournier 29, rue du Château 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 24 38 Laurent on 2017: “Versus previous years, 2017 was a very easy vintage; no frost, no mildew, no hail etcetera. An obvious… Read More
Vougeraie – 2017
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot, 02 April, 2018. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Sylvie on 2018: “Our 2018 harvest started in August, and with the… Read More
week 18, 2019 – weekend wines…
Including a brace from Mr Croix this weekend… 2007 Camille Giroud, Chapelle-Chambertin A wine that seems lightly coloured yet… Read More
some weekend wines – week 15 2019
2017 Alice & Olivier De Moor, Le Vendangeur Masque, Le Caravan A mélange of different cepages from the south to north: clairette (Rhone), chardonnay… Read More
a wine diet…
But only because one of these was completely corked! 2014 Nicolas Maillet, Mâcon-Verzé Another from this case – and just as good as the first! A full, ripe, but fresh yellow citrus nose. Fuller of energy and flavour too – such a great balance to these 2014s… Read More
A Bourgogne Côte d’Or?
I’ve discussed it before, but this is a new label that you might come across for the first time with the 2017 vintage. People have been proposing this label for almost 20 years but now it’s done – and it’s for both the reds and… Read More
Vézelay…
Let’s be honest – for over a week, the weather forecast was not good for Vézelay’s 2019 version of the St.Vincent – first minus degrees and snow – which would have been preferable to the closer (to the day) forecast of rain, wind and 7°C. Given such circumstances, we… Read More
Benjamin Leroux – 2017
Tasted in Beaune with Benjamin Leroux, 21 December 2018. Domaine Benjamin Leroux 5 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 71 06 www.benjamin-leroux.com It’s now 7.4 hectares for the domaine chez Benjamin, all of the new 3 hectares in Meursault. Benjamin on 2018:… Read More