Vougeraie – 2016
Tasted in Premeaux with Sylvie Poillot and François Lecaillon, 14 November, 2017. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com The first tasting here since Pierre Vincent has moved-on to Domaine Leflaive. Read More
2016 White Burgundy Report
Whilst recent headlines shout that 2017 could be the lowest volume wine harvest in France since 1945, that’s not the case in Burgundy – that’s 2016. The 2016 crop was devastated by frost – a gelée noire or black frost – this is where the vines are frozen overnight… Read More
that’s what 5 hl/ha looks like
Pierre Vincent at Domaine Leflaive. Tasting 2016s this morning, there was this chance to see what a whole hectare of Montrachet delivered in 2016 – due of-course to the frost of 27 April. Six producers assembled all their grapes from 1 hectare of vines so there was enough… Read More
2017 Vintage – what we know in 2017 – and a few pointers…
This was my 14th consecutive harvest in Burgundy – triaging the grapes of multiple villages. I believe that this, together with questioning the winemakers, is the best balance of first-hand and third-party input required to comment on the vintage. If the frosted 2016 vintage was seemingly a case of quality… Read More
2017 harvest – 30 august
Erwan Faiveley has been advertising his up-comng harvest on LinkedIn of all places – and as you can see (right) having a little fun on the way too! Yesterday, the 29th, saw Coche-Dury picking a trio of Meursaults: Perrières, Genevrières and Chevalières (Armand Heitz is bringing in his Perrières today)… Read More
it’s (practically) here – burgundy’s 2017 harvest time – 3, 2, 1, go!
The weekend was stormy in many parts of France, some wine-growing areas had hail – Champagne for instance – fortunately none was reported in Burgundy, in fact many producers were happy to see a little rain. A few early pickers were already in the vines last week – Olivier… Read More
Profile: Jules Desjourneys
Tasted with Fabien Duperray in La Chapelle de Guinchay, 23 May 2017. Domaine Jules Desjourneys 75 rue Jean Thorin 71570 La Chapelle de Guinchay Tel: +33 3 85 33 85 88 Fabien, who is in his early-50s, is rather camera-shy, but it’s the only part of this… Read More
Château Pommard – 2015
Tasted in Pommard with Emmanuel Sala, 28 March 2017. Château de Pommard 15, rue Marey Monge BP 30018 – 21630 Pommard Tel: +33 3 80 22 12 59 www.chateaudepommard.com There seems to have been a long line of new names in commercial positions at the… Read More
2007 Whites…
Before the arrival of the 2014 vintage, 2007 was my gold-standard, my reference point for what whites could deliver – but not at all levels! The issue with 2007 was the with the lower appellation wines – many were too acidic – very drinkable and fresh on release, but they… Read More