Alex Gambal – 2016
Tasted with Alexandre Brault in Beaune, 15 December 2017. Maison Alex Gambal 14 Boulevard Jules Ferry 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 75 81 www.alexgambal.com Alexandre on 2017: “2017 was cool – we love 17! It was challenging as the Spring was… Read More
some christmas bottles…
1997 Bouchard Père et Fils Le Corton My last bottle of this – during The September Report’s look at 1997s, 20 years on – was completely corked. This cork, looks fine but was as hard as concrete – still, had it protected not corrupted the wine this time?… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2016
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 12 December, 2017. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com Frédéric on 2017: “2017 was an easy, if early, start to the season, but the end of April… Read More
Bouchard Père et Fils – 2016
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Weber, December 05 2017. Bouchard Père et Fils 15 Rue du Château 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 80 24 www.bouchard-pereetfils.com Fred on 2017: “I’m very happy with 2017. A good vintage from a season that was favourable… Read More
2016 Red Burgundy
The red harvest volume in 2016 was significantly below that of the the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – only the volumes of 2003 and 1991 of (relatively) recent memory can compare. Essentially that means that the oft-quoted 5 year-average is currently something of a meaningless statistic –… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2016
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 05 December 2017. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark on 2017: “I have 90 barrels, that’s the most ever, but that’s because I’ve sourced new things, not… 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
Gilbert et Christine Felettig – 2016
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Gilbert Felettig, 22 November 2017. Domaine Henri Felettig (GAEC) 13 Rue Tilleuls 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 40 66 www.domaine-felettig.com Gilbert on 2017: “2017 – ahh – for us, in the head, it was a… Read More
Profile: Dugat-Py
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Loïc Dugat-Py, 21 November 2017. Domaine Bernard Dugat-Py Rue de Planteligone 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 51 82 46 www.dugat-py.com This is an old Gevrey domaine, and Loïc Dugat-Py is the thirteenth generation of the family to… Read More