AOC Beaujolais
Category Regional/Generic appellation since 12/09/1937 There exists also AOC Beaujolais Superior, also since 12/09/1937, covering the same communes and potential production area. This AOC is for red wine only, with a slightly reduced allowed maximum yield. This wine is not allowed to be sold before January 15th of the… Read More
the return of the mark – the vosne harvest part 1
Domaine Michel Noellat et Fils, Vosne-Romanee – Vendange Intro 18th Sept 2019 Bonjour tout le monde 😊 – and Bill 😉. Apologies again this year for the late harvest reporting – tech issues once more beyond my control (wi-fi key related, not my fault m’lud!), only resolved too… Read More
a little beaune & wines for weekend 33 2019
August is the long pause between domaine visits and the harvest to come. Although it’s… 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
weekend wines – week 16 2019
A super-successful, eclectic, bunch of wines this weekend… 2017 Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay Blanc Chardonnay Rose I’d already tasted one with him last week, but as I was leaving his… Read More
the tastevinage majors of 2018…
For this ‘award’ just twenty wines were chosen from 1,033 that were submitted to blind taste in 2018: CRÉMANT DE BOURGOGNE BRUT BLANC – Maison Veuve AMBAL BOURGOGNE VÉZELAY 2015 – CAVE HENRY DE VÉZELAY RULLY PREMIER CRU – RABOURCÉ 2017 – DOMAINE MANIGLEY CHABLIS PREMIER CRU VAILLONS 2016… Read More
the return of the marko…
Day 1 – 6am… Arlaud Vendange Day One – Mon, 3rd Sept 2018 Actually should have been a post travelling, prelude, day of rest BUT, atypically Arlaud, was a full on day from the outset – read on ! For this, my 9th Arlaud (11th vendange en… Read More
a replacement for the shocker…
2005 JC Boisset, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Hautes-Jarrons As ‘understudy’ to the poor Ecard Savigny I looked to see if I had the same vineyard/vintage from another source – almost – it was a super-sub more like! A deep colour and still quite young-looking too. The nose is fresh,… Read More
2 x pv
That’s PVs, not PBs – older muscles keep finding a new route to blocking the latter – but the PVs were good medicines! 1995 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Ile des Vergelesses Good colour, not overtly aged. The nose begins in very attractive fashion, with a silky smooth width of… Read More