2015 Red Burgundy
The red harvest in 2015 was a little lower volume than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – just 1% lower – but with so many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years, this actually remains a very modest volume vintage: Many producers were surprised by the low… Read More
harvest day 3 – 24-sept-2016
In the hot, early harvest of 2015, the pinot gris was rarely ripe at (pinot) harvest time. But in this vintage it has kept pace with the chardonnay and pinot noir – above from Beaune Les Avaux today… Today starts a Côte de Beaune day, and finishes as… Read More
2hl/ha? it ain’t half hot mum!
Beaune, 21h00 tonight This morning really reminded me of 2015 – getting the gardening done before 10am – before the temperatures got too high. Late afternoon Beaune sweltered in 37°C – long live aircon I say, having travelled 4 hours from Bern! Despite this week’s similarity to 2015,… Read More
Minerality?
All tasted in Chablis, 20 March 2016, with Grégory Viennois, David Croix and Stéphane Derenoncourt. Or as my hosts described this tasting: Limestone and Minerality – the language of the soil. Honestly, I don’t think I learned very much about minerality in this presentation, hosted by Domaine Laroche in… Read More
weekend 30 – 3 bottles with a better return
2007 Mischief & Mayhem, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Caillerets On pouring in the kitchen, the dark colour hard my heart sinking (once more) but outside in the garden, it was clear that this remains yellow not golden – even if dark yellow! The nose actually has a reductive twist and… Read More
Clos de Vigne au Saint – 118% Corton!
Jasper Morris’s book ‘Inside Burgundy’ describes Corton Clos de la Vigne au Saint as covering 2.46 hectares, yet, if you add up the surface areas of today’s three owners; des Croix, Louis Latour and Méo-Camuzet, you will come up with a larger number – 18% larger! The first reference… Read More
week(end) 11 – a tasty wine selection (part 2)…
I suppose you could call this a warm-up for the ‘Grands Jours’, that week of tastings every two years, where it is literally impossible to attend every ‘session’ that you are either invited to, or have subscribed for! Having decided to miss the Nuits St.Georges half-marathon, the associated tasting… Read More
week 06’s weekend wines…
Saturday, with more Gueguen 2014 Chablis as the chaser 😉 2011 Nicolas Rossignol, Volnay 1er Les Santenots Santenots can be a big, meaty, concentrated and tannic. This is a pussycat – round, open, layered and very, very tasty… Read More
Louis Latour – 2014
Tasted in Beaune with Bruno Pepin and Boris Champy, 02 December 2015. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com The 2015 vintage… “The whole estate was picked in 7 days. Very easy, not so… Read More