cremant de bourgogne – zero dosage
I know it’s April the 1st and here’s a post on Cremant, but don’t conflate the two! The BIVB have been telling me for a while now ‘you know that Cremant is now 13% of Burgundy production, don’t you(?)‘ but for a number of reasons I’ve resisted their entreaties to… Read More
A round-up of new wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st July 2011 and 11th November 2011. More and more 2010s in the mix now – the CO2 is beginning to subside! Buisson-Charles (Meursault) Cornu (Magny-lès-Villers) Dublère (Savigny) Lécheneaut (Nuits) Michel Mallard (Ladoix)… Read More
Tastevinage: “Championing the wines of Burgundy”
It started on the 28th of June 1950, when 133 wines were presented to thirty wine-tasters for evaluation; 114 were chosen to wear the label of the Tastevinage. Fast-forward to September 30th 2011, and 782 wines were evaluated by just over 250 tasters, 284 were declared “tastevinés” (36.32%). For the… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between September 2011 and October 2011 – actually that’s not many; just a few weeks and too much travelling… Regional Wines (1) Villages Wines (8) Premier Cru Wines (17)… Read More
10. Harvest vol. by appellation
Starting with the 2010 harvest, here is the record of the potential volumes of wine produced each vintage, and the latest 5-year ‘running average’. When using these figures it is important to keep in mind the word potential. The perfect example of this is the volume of white Musigny… Read More
Profile: Maison Pascal Marchand (Nuits St.Georges)
UPDATE: Spring 2012 – A selection of 2010s The redoubtable, indefatigable Pascal Marchand is back. In a Burgundy context Pascal’s talent was spotted and brought to the fore when the Comte Armand chose him to be winemaker at the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard; that was in… Read More
Just so many wines – part 2
Not quite the blast that was part 1 – just over 90 wines – probably fatigue was starting to set in! Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st April 2011 and the end of June 2011. They are mainly 2009s – more and more… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between April 2011 and August 2011. Regional Wines (3) Villages Wines (14) Premier Cru Wines (24) Grand Cru Wines (6) REGIONAL WINES 2009 David Clark, Bourgogne Passetoutgrains… Read More
gevrey 2007 clos des variolles…
I was a little torn by my lack of a recommendation – the bottle was warm on the shelf and could have been there for 12 months or more. Or was it just the winemaking…(?) 2007 des Varoilles, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos des Varoilles… Read More