Anne Parent – 2017
Tasted with Anne Parent in Pommard, 21 June 2019. Domaine Anne et Catherine Parent 3 rue de la Métairie 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 15 08 www.domaine-parent.com Anne on the 2019 frost: “We had just a little damage in… Read More
2017 – Femmes et Vins
A gathering of a large number of the Femmes et Vins group of producers for their popular Exception’Elles tasting. This time in the Château de Montchat (right) in Lyon. Each of the producers was showing 4 wines, some even finishing with a contribution that was ‘a little’ older! 22 producers… Read More
Profile: Les Capreoles
Tasted in Régnié-Durette with Cédric Lecareux, 08 May 2019. Domaine Les Capreoles La Plaigne 69430 Régnie-Durette Tel: +33 4 74 65 57 83 www.capreoles.com Cédric Lecareux together with his wife Catherine runs a relatively new domaine in Régnié, since 2014. Organic since… Read More
2017 Irancy
Time to take a better look at how Irancy fared in 2017. Assembled were samples, tasted blind, in Chablis, 18 March 2017 – the organising of the sampling was kindly done by the BIVB Chablis. In 2017 we are back close to a full yield;… Read More
starting monday with a little vézelay
Tasted blind, today, in Chablis, samples courtesy the domaines… To get this… Read More
Château Moulin à Vent – 2016
Tasted in Moulin à Vent with Jean-Jacques Parinet, Brice Laffond and Morgane Chambriard, 08 February 2019. Château du Moulin-à-Vent 4 Les Thorins 71570 Romanèche-Thorins Tel: +33 3 85 35 50 68 www.chateaudumoulinavent.com Brice on 2018: “A fine year for us –… Read More
Vézelay…
Let’s be honest – for over a week, the weather forecast was not good for Vézelay’s 2019 version of the St.Vincent – first minus degrees and snow – which would have been preferable to the closer (to the day) forecast of rain, wind and 7°C. Given such circumstances, we… Read More
Louis Jadot – 2017
Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 13 December, 2018. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com Frédéric on 2018: “2018 was not an easy vintage. I would say unusual, or special, but it’s too… Read More
Mark Haisma – 2017
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Mark Haisma, 28 November 2018. Mark Haisma Lot 4, Parc d’Activités “La Petite Champagne” 21640 Gilly les Citeaux www.markhaisma.co.uk Mark on 2017: “I have 90 barrels, that’s the most ever, but that’s because I’ve sourced new things, not… Read More