some weekend wines – week 9 2019
Sacy – Côteaux Bourguignone weekend wines, week 9 2019 Great corks… Vougeraie – Clos de Vougeot Roty – Grand Ordinaire A couple of ‘grand’ but… Read More
Benjamin Leroux – 2017
Tasted in Beaune with Benjamin Leroux, 21 December 2018. Domaine Benjamin Leroux 5 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 71 06 www.benjamin-leroux.com It’s now 7.4 hectares for the domaine chez Benjamin, all of the new 3 hectares in Meursault. Benjamin on 2018:… Read More
Profile: Truchetet
Tasted in Premeaux-Prissey with Morgan Truchetet, 27 November, 2018. Domaine Truchetet 5 rue des Masers 21700 Premeaux-Prissey Tel: +33 3 80 23 67 92 www.domainetruchetet.fr What a difference a sign can make! The house of Morgan’s father, Jean-Pierre, is on main road through… Read More
home harvest day -1
Back to Beaune, and it’s a lot warmer here than it was in Bern! There has been a little rain in both the Côte d’Or and Chablis over the weekend, which will help with grape maturity. Over the weekend, and today, there were more producers jumping into the vines… Read More
Domaine Faiveley – Latricières
Tasted in Nuits St.Georges with winemaker Jerôme Flous, 20 April 2018. Domaine Faiveley 8 Rue du Tribourg 21700 Nuits-Saint-Georges Tel: +33 3 80 61 04 55 www.domaine-faiveley.com Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile Domaine Faiveley are the second-largest owners of Latricières-Chambertin, with a block… Read More
weekend part 1 – week 14 2018
2005 Marchand-Grillot, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Perrières Hmm, drunk directly following the Chenu there’s more concentration, intensity and vibrancy of flavour. The nose starts with some old oak notes that quickly fade, then there are flashes of pure-fruited brilliance but also an intermittent Brett note. The latter… Read More
Benjamin Leroux – 2016
Tasted in Beaune with Benjamin Leroux, 12 December 2017. Domaine Benjamin Leroux 5 Rue Colbert 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 71 06 www.benjamin-leroux.com Benjamin on 2017: “2017 started with lots of frost worry again – it was very close – we did… Read More
Leflaive – 2016
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Pierre Vincent, 09 October, 2017. Domaine Leflaive Place Pasquier de la Fontaine 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 30 13 www.leflaive.fr For a few years I had the nagging feeling that Domaine Leflaive had lost some of their polish. The… Read More
weekend wines – week 39 2017
2002 Louis Jadot, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts Hmm – great aromatic volume here – obviously Vosne-spiced too. Supple concentration in the mouth, still a little tannic texture – good volume too – not pinched by any age or any tightness. Nicely finishing if now showing a more… Read More