Mark Haisma – 2015
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 14 November 2016. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark is now in his new premises, just a stone-throw away from Vougeot – well, a stone-throw if you have… Read More
Château de la Tour / Pierre Labet – 2015
Tasted in Vougeot with François Labet, 09 November, 2016. 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 2016: “2016 was both hectic and complicated – because of the… Read More
Camille Giroud – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with David Croix, 07 November, 2016. Maison Camille Giroud 3 Rue Pierre Joigneaux 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 65 www.camillegiroud.com (inactive) David on 2015: “2015 – the expectations are easy – high! Potentially the very best vintage I’ve seen… Read More
offer of the day – denis mortet’s 2014s
From a merchant in Switzerland, today – and even a discount for buying 3 at a time – some of the wines, anyway! Don’t cases of 12 now sound so 20th century? Bourgogne Cuvée de Noble Souche 2014, 32.00/bt, 3 bts 27.20/bt (CHF) Marsannay Les Longeroies 2014, 41.00/bt,… Read More
Jaffelin – 2015
Tasted in Beaune with Marinette Garnier, 14th September, 2015. Jaffelin 2 Rue Paradis 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 49 www.maisonjaffelin.com This was an opportunistic chance to visit Marinette as she was preparing for the 2016 harvest. We were able to taste… Read More
harvest day 12 – 3-oct-2016
The aftermath of lots of Santenay… That was a day! And a Santenay day, at that. Our triage table started rolling at 08h30, it stopped at 19h00 – the cleaning wasn’t finished until 21h00… To be honest, it was a hard day’s work, because (at least) our parcels… Read More
harvest day 9 – 30-sept-2016
Friday 30 Sept. Despite the poor weather forecast that tells us that there will be plenty of rain later today (Friday) and rain for most of the daytime on Saturday, it seems we are still left wanting for a volume of grapes today. Still, we actually do have grapes… Read More
harvest day 3 – 24-sept-2016
In the hot, early harvest of 2015, the pinot gris was rarely ripe at (pinot) harvest time. But in this vintage it has kept pace with the chardonnay and pinot noir – above from Beaune Les Avaux today… Today starts a Côte de Beaune day, and finishes as… Read More
Minerality?
All tasted in Chablis, 20 March 2016, with Grégory Viennois, David Croix and Stéphane Derenoncourt. Or as my hosts described this tasting: Limestone and Minerality – the language of the soil. Honestly, I don’t think I learned very much about minerality in this presentation, hosted by Domaine Laroche in… Read More