2018 Chablis – What a surprise!
Our basic starting point for surprise is the harvest in 2018; growers suggest only days before they harvested, that they thought that there would be ‘not much juice.’ If we are comparing to 2017 where some domaines pressed hard and actually didn’t get much juice, that might be fair –… Read More
catching up with the empty bottles…
Before I left for Piedmonte, I’d accumulated a lovely set of wines – I would/should say an exceptional group of wines. Where I can remember something, or indeed took a few crafty notes, a few words follow about them:… Read More
Profile: Moreau-Naudet
Tasted in Chablis with Virginie Naudet, 19 March 2019. Domaine Moreau-Naudet 4 chemin de la Vallée de Valvan 89800 Chablis Phone: +33 3 86 42 14 83 If you know the location of Camille Besson’s domaine, then you will know this neighbouring building – modern, dating from… Read More
2017 Chablis – An Enigma…
Why an enigma? Well, 2017 was a very precocious year – partly for that reason was so much of the potential volume lost to frost – but it wasn’t just a precocious vintage, it was a hot vintage too – a year of sunshine – and one of the… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2017
Tasted in Poinchy with Adeline Tribut, 11 January 2019. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 Laurent is, officially, retired – which means that he doesn’t need to see itinerant peddlars of wine reports – he can work… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2016
Tasted in Poinchy with Laurent Tribut, 04 January 2018. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 Laurent on 2017: “2017 was, of-course, frosted at the start but it was good. We harvested a little less than in… Read More
2015 – Chablis
Straight to the point: 2015 is a delicious vintage in Chablis. Given the warm ‘sunshine’ year, it is no surprise that the wines have an aromatic and flavour palette that is a little larger and riper than you might describe as ‘classic’ – but no more than a handful… Read More
Profile: Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret
Tasted in Chablis with Eleni & Edouard, 20 January 2017. Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret 19 Rue de Chichée 89800 Chablis Tel. + 33 6 07 02 29 85 www.vocoret.fr Edouard is the son of Patrice Vocoret. He met Eleni while they… Read More
Laurent Tribut – 2014
Tasted in Poinchy with Laurent Tribut, 26 January 2016. Domaine Laurent Tribut 15, rue de Poinchy 89800 Chablis Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 22 Laurent Tribut originally comes from Epineuil, his uncle had one hectare of vines there. Following his marriage to Marie-Clothilde Dauvissat, sister of… Read More