harvest 2009 – friday 11th sept
I don’t have much info for you today, though tomorrow I will be ‘on-location’ in sunny Beaune. However, to slake your thirst for new stuff, here’s a little (slightly old) news from Domaine de la Vougeraie who have now started their harvest updates… Like this:Like… 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 April 2009 and the end of July 2009. 70 bottles are listed here, but there are another 155 dotted through this Summer Report that it didn’t make sense to list… Read More
clos des lambrays 2000
Well I was on a decent run, so why not another 2000? I’d put this behind both the Vougeraie Clos de Vougeot and the Clavelier Brulées, but it’s still a very nice wine: 2000 Clos des Lambrays Medium ruby-red colour – looks great in… Read More
bruno clavelier 2000 vosne-romanée 1er aux brulées
Bruno Clavelier 2000 Vosne-Romanée 1er Brulées Having failed to land the ‘Best Job in The World‘, I suppose I should open some wine. [As an aside did anyone see the Johnny Cash bio on UK BBC2 the other night? – stunning.] Anyway, after the two 2000s from Vougeraie, what… 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
wednesday 8th update
Posts on this are getting fewer and farther apart as the harvest is all-but completed. My home domaine reports that the Gevrey grand crus that were harvested at the beginning of this week exceeded expectation. The Latricières from this grower is frankly always ‘poor looking’ and this year a full… Read More
monday 6th update
It’s a little too early to check with the ‘home’ domaine, but I can provide you with the reports frm Domaine de la Vougeraie as I had some trouble getting them from the site: Tuesday 30th Wednedsay 1st Thursday 2nd A further update this tomorrow. Like this:… Read More
thursday 2nd update
A nice report from Domaine de la Vougeraie. A message and pics from Domaine Lafarge: Les vendanges, débutées le 24 Septembre, se déroulent sous le soleil malgré la fraîcheur matinale. Le vent du Nord qui a soufflé ces derniers jours a favorisé la concentration et la pleine maturité… Read More
monday 29th update
Domaine de la Vougeraie have their harvest log now online. Moving on, let’s start with today’s update from Mark in Morey: Bonjour, Petit dejeuner day 3 a Domaine Arlaud vendange 08. Thought we had done a fair chunk of Bourgogne Rouge on day 1 mais non !! We… Read More