l’Arlot – 2016
Tasted in Premeaux with Géraldine Godot, 23 November, 2017. Domaine de L’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 www.arlot.com Géraldine on 2017: “Probably everyone will say that it was like a present, because we have the quality and volume… Read More
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
today in the abbaye de st.vivant…
Despite (many times) previously having bored you with photos of the place, until today, I’ve never actually been inside of the abbaye before. Today was a final get-together of the Central-Otago/Burgundy Exchange crew – together with a few glasses of the abbaye’s Hautes Côtes Blanc made by the Domaine… Read More
do you smell corks?
My advice, is that advice, like exercise, is not absolute – it’s about what works for you. I’ve more than once read articles from (let’s call them) opinion-formers, who state quite categorically that cork sniffing has absolutely no use, and is, charitably(!) nothing more than an affectation – I… Read More
l’Arlot – 2015
Tasted in Premeaux with Géraldine Godot, 07 June, 2017. Domaine de L’Arlot Premeaux 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 01 92 www.arlot.com The domaine has been here for 2 centuries, belonging to two families – but wasn’t called Arlot until the time of… Read More
the (ex) tree of aux reignots…
A superb pic, courtesy of fellow Burgundy tour-guide, Sue Boxell. Updated: With feedback from Charles Lachaux. For a long time, and particularly in early spring, the Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru of Aux Reignots could easily be spotted above Romanée-Conti and La Romanée – because towards the… Read More
2016 The Harvest Insight…
From left to right; perfectly ripe chardonnay, pinot beurot (gris) and pinot noir. 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. The grapes, above,… Read More
a synthesis of le montrachet 2016
Montrachet – 28-Aug-2016. A really interesting story from Bourgogne Aujourd’hui, yesterday: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Domaine Leflaive, Guy Amiot, Lamy-Pillot and Domaine Fleurot have blended together all of their grapes harvested in Montrachet – or maybe I should say Le Montrachet, as… Read More
move over drc – for expensive bouchard père…
You didn’t think that I’d let this slip by eh? I may have previously mentioned that I bought wine at the last ex-cellars sale of Bouchard Père et Fils wines, in that particular case from Sothebys. At the weekend there was another sale, again featuring ex-cellars wines, but this time… Read More