Bruno Clair – 2016
Tasted in Marsannay with Bruno Clair while Philippe Brun was topping up, 21 November 2017. Domaine Bruno Clair 5 Rue du Vieux Collège 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte Tel: +33 3 80 52 28 95 www.bruno-clair.com Bruno on 2017: “2017 – everyone’s been saved… Read More
Château de la Tour / Pierre Labet – 2016
Tasted in Vougeot with François Labet, 15 November, 2017. Chateau de La Tour / Domaine Pierre Labet Rue de la Montagne 21640 Vougeot Tel: +33 3 80 62 86 13 www.chateaudelatour.com François on 2017: “2017 was, I would say, a normal year. There were… Read More
Vougeraie – 2016
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot and François Lecaillon, 14 November, 2017. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com The first tasting here since Pierre Vincent has moved-on to Domaine Leflaive. Read More
the trophy winners – burgundy’s young talents of the 2015 vintage!
This year, I was more than honoured to be asked to be a judge at the blind tastings to determine the young winemaking talents of Burgundy, 2017. Lots of new names and great wines here for you. The Groupe des Jeunes Professionels de la Vigne were running their event for… Read More
2017 harvest – 14 september
Nuits’ Clos de l’Arlot , this afternoon… Although I ‘did’ Nuits and Chambolle yesterday, I’m a sucker for a nice view – so today, the team of l’Arlot were at it again, plus more again in the swathe of vines (Premeaux) south of Nuits close to Les St.Georges. Read More
2017 harvest – 04 september
The Clos de Vougeot about 17h00 today. There’s a wave of new starters in the vines today and interestingly, a number of producers are noting that they are harvesting vineyards on exactly the same day as in 2015 – that will be a good comparison in the future. Read More
weekend wine – week 29 2017
Of-course there were others, etrangers, but I thought I’d concentrate on this one. I bought a few of these at a Swiss auction a few years back – though I later stopped buying from the auction house concerned as there were too many ‘questionable’ bottles for sale. But this… Read More
Profile: Domaine Hubert Lignier
Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Laurent Lignier, 04 May 2017. Domaine Hubert Lignier 45, Grande Rue 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 51 87 40 www.hubert-lignier.com Whilst the official address of the domaine remains the house in the High Street of Morey St.Denis,… Read More
2014 Marsannay (plus more)
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Bernard Bouvier, Isabelle Collotte, Laurent Fournier, Sylvain Pataille and Jean-François Guyard. For me, and for a long time, Marsannay was more about producers and just a few lieu-dits (apparently there are 69 producers of Marsannay) and that’s because it’s a big and complicated… Read More