2018 Beaune – a large blind tasting
Tasted in Beaune, 02 March 2021 I find it’s too easy to let the worst of a particular vintage colour your impressions of a vintage as a whole – call it a lasting caricature of a vintage. Because I usually finish my tour of the new wines… Read More
Jean Yves Devevey – 2019
Tasted in Demigny with Jean Yves Devevey, 18 March 2021. Domaine Jean Yves Devevey Rue de Breuil 71150 Demigny Tel: +33 3 85 49 91 11 www.devevey.com It’s too long since I found my way into the cellar of Jean Yves Devevey – he makes… Read More
wines from weekend 16, 2021
2018 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Clos Berthet Modestly yellow coloured. An incisive, fresh nose with a touch of oak and even some aniseed. Hmm, that’s a lovely wine, just a slight depth of cushioning but still with fresh energy and even a little salinity too. Slowly widening as… Read More
a week at home – and finally the chance for some wine!
Plenty of rain – Chablis 14 January 2021 – I didn’t fancy a dip in the Serein on this day… My own version of dry January is down to my tasting schedule – three weeks of, and in, Chablis. Sometimes 80 wines in a day, but nothing in… Read More
dry january’s first wines…
Dry January? Give me a break… I didn’t write notes as I tasted so let me just give you some short impressions. 2018 Chateau des Rontets, Pouilly-Fuissé Les Birbettes Plenty of colour. A nose… Read More
2019 Red Burgundy – Part 1 – Côte de Beaune
2019 Red Burgundy Part 1: (Here) Côte de Beaune – November 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 2: Côte de Nuits – December 2020 2019 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2021 23 June 2019… What about the 2019… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 11-Sep-20 – day 10 – the last post-script!
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – (Postscript) Vendange Day 10, Saturday 12th Sept 2020 On this, my next to last morning, I awoke to eery quiet, alone in the domaine premises. I omitted to mention in my Day 9 record just how seriously hot & humid it had… Read More
marko’s harvest diary 02-Sep-20 – the return of the marko
All the photos from Mark… Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Arrival Day, Weds 2nd Sept 2020 Bonjour tout le monde 😊. C’est moi – at last. Firstly an apology this will have taken several days post the ‘day’ for your delectation. I can’t promise timings… Read More
2018 Bourgogne Hautes Côtes – whites
It is surprising (to me!) that much less than one-third of the the production of Bourgogne Hautes Côtes is white. There is a little rosé too – in 2019 much more in Nuits with 35 hl than Beaune with 2 hl – though as you see, the total is only… Read More