2003 pascal lachaux gevrey 1er lavaux st.jacques
Profile: Pascal Lachaux / Robert ArnouxPascal Lachaux 2003 Gevrey 1er Lavaux St.Jacques I’ve just realised that I’ve become boring and predictable. Whilst today unpacking a few wines to drink over the next week or two, I quietly patted myself on the back for having a couple of Bèze (98… Read More
nicolas potel 1997 volnay & an april fool (almost me)
Matterhorn from Gornergrat, 3rd April p.m. Back from a very nice week-long break. Whilst we only skiied for 2.5 days it was good to recharge the batteries. I received a number of emails and ‘comments’ during the week that were related to the Spring Issue of the Burgundy Report… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between December 2008 and the end of March 2009. Just over 60 bottles are listed here, but there are another 219 dotted through this Spring Report that it didn’t make sense… Read More
Profile: Maison Terres d’Arômes, Claire Forestier (Nuits)
Dear friends, My collaboration with the group Cottin Frères has ended, due to a major restructuring of the group. It is a collective redundancy. The mark TERRES d’ARÔMES was born with the year 2007, it developed thanks to your interest and thanks to your support. I took great… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between August 2008 and the end of November 2008. A mere 52 bottles are listed here, but don’t forget that another 113 from this Autumn Report lie here – it… Read More
offer of the day…
DOMAINE THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR 2007 GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN Les Croix des Champs 75cl 45.00 Swiss Francs NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES La Charmotte 75cl 47.50 VOSNE-ROMANEE Aux Réas 75cl 66.00 NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Saint-Georges 75cl 85.00 CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 109.00 RICHEBOURG 75cl 259.00 Observations? Well the villages wines are averagely priced except… Read More
Tasting 112×2006 in bottle
112 wines from the 2006 vintage tasted over 8 days, plus one interloping 2005 – 80% were poured by their makers. Clearly for the vast majority of these I did not drink the whole bottle, otherwise the powers that be would have already rejected the need for a pointless… Read More
Profile: Domaine Jean Paul & Stéphane Magnien (Morey St.Denis)
Just behind the church in the centre of Morey St.Denis, you will find the small courtyard and domaine of Jean-Paul, and latterly Stéphane Magnien. After working for seven years with his father, and completing his BAC and BTS in Beaune, Stéphane is now, and for about one year, heading the… Read More
2004 à la coccinelle
I think I was possibly the first to publicly raise and discuss the ‘vintage character’ of 2004 reds – anecdotally whites are also affected – Christophe Roumier is one who says this – but I’ve not experienced any obvious examples, so from here-on, red it is…… Read More