Profile: Maison Ilan (Nuits St.Georges)
The secret of Ray’s success… Anyone who has been more than a casual visitor to this website will know the name of Ray Walker; contributing his story of starting out to make wine in Burgundy as he did in the Big Red Diary. Ray managed to build… 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
harvest – 1st september (part 2)
Another lovely, sunny and warm day – storms were forecast but they’ve been put back to friday (tomorrow) let’s see. Today we triaged a mountain of Savigny 1er Les Peuillets and a small hill (3 barrels) of Aloxe 1er cru. To follow was Meursault; I asked ‘villages?’ yes was the… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More
astounding scientific discoveries of great import to vougeot!
Okay, I know it’s blatent product placement – but today, at least, Boisset worked hard for it 😉 The secret of Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot revealed: Its taste comes from “moonstone” A mystical and mythical wine, at once full-bodied and with good minerality, the celebrated Vougeot Premier Cru… Read More
harvest – 25th september
For info, this year the Vougeraie harvest log is online – help yourself. So yesterday evening was leftovers and two grand crus, both from Camille Giroud; a 2007 Corton-Charlemagne and 2008 Charmes-Chambertin –… Read More
New Zealand’s Rippon Pinot Noir Has Burgundy Pedigree
Nick Mills, who had picked up French in travels to France as a child with his winegrower father, Rolfe Mills, returned to Burgundy after a short-lived, injury-ending career as a world-class snow skier. He started as a cellar rat at Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron, and stayed in Burgundy from 1998 to… Read More
A haul of ‘Boissets’
Tasted 25th March 2010 in Nuits St.Georges: J. Moreau et Fils: 2008 J. Moreau, Chablis 1er Vaucoupin Intense, sweet, slightly dark fruit. Super minerality and broad, well-defined acidity – A very nice start 2007 J. Moreau,… Read More
harvest roundup
So, a few updates on resources for the Harvest 2009: Mark has managed to extract pictures from his daughter’s pink Fuji, so, added to his first and last posts are galleries from his experiences. There has been a really good commentary here from Cynthia. Finally, I can… Read More