a few old friends from 2005…
Michel Lafarge 2005 It’s always worth checking on a few old friends 😉 2005 des Croix, Bourgogne Pinot Noir It’s been a while since I checked in on this wine… Read More
week 18, 2019 – weekend wines…
Including a brace from Mr Croix this weekend… 2007 Camille Giroud, Chapelle-Chambertin A wine that seems lightly coloured yet… Read More
2017 Red Burgundy Report
Quite frankly, 2017 is the most complex, the most variable, red wine vintage that I’ve ever tasted.* I believe that this is largely down to the volumes – i.e. the yields – at harvest time. Some volumes were ridiculously high, others merely high, whilst the best producers –… Read More
a cheeky mid-weeker…
Despite being shaken up in a van on Tuesday, not bad at all… 2005 des Croix, Bourgogne Pinot Noir A satisfying ‘pop’ as the cork comes out. Still plenty of colour. The nose with a trace of reduction, but the fruit is also deep. Finally… Read More
so far this week…
Since it rained on Sunday afternoon, let me tell you that the temperature has really dropped – 6° seems almost luxurious. Maybe it’s because of that, that my teeth are a little on edge, complaining at the introduction of each new (cold!) wine – oh, wait a minute, no,… Read More
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