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
some week 51 wines…
1993 Vaudoisey-Creusefond, Pommard 1er Epenots Hmm, the nose is not the most attractive thing – yet wait 30 minutes and aeration seems to remove a musty, oxidative element, and we start to sing along with an engaging sous-bois and sleek sweetness. In the mouth this retains some power… Read More
Vougeraie – 2015
Tasted in Premeaux with Pierre Vincent, 02 December, 2016. Domaine de la Vougeraie Rue de l’Église Premeaux 21700 Nuits St.Georges Tel: +33 3 80 62 48 25 www.domainedelavougeraie.com Pierre is moving on: I’m not (knowingly) breaking any embargo here, despite having seen… Read More
de Montille (+Château Puligny) – 2015
Tasted in Meursault with Gauthier Roussille, 28 November 2016. Domaine de Montille, Château de Puligny-Montrachet & Maison Deux Montille Soeur Frères rue de But 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 39 14 www.demontille.com Gauthier on 2016: “It was a very wet… Read More
2015 White Burgundy
The white harvest in 2015 was, overall, just a little higher than the 5-year average of the vintages 2011-2015 – though there are many low-yielding vintages included in those 5 years – so for that reason, this actually remains a modest volume vintage. And let’s not forget the frost… Read More
2016 The Harvest Insight…
From left to right; perfectly ripe chardonnay, pinot beurot (gris) and pinot noir. 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. The grapes, above,… Read More
offer of the day – denis mortet’s 2014s
From a merchant in Switzerland, today – and even a discount for buying 3 at a time – some of the wines, anyway! Don’t cases of 12 now sound so 20th century? Bourgogne Cuvée de Noble Souche 2014, 32.00/bt, 3 bts 27.20/bt (CHF) Marsannay Les Longeroies 2014, 41.00/bt,… Read More
a synthesis of le montrachet 2016
Montrachet – 28-Aug-2016. A really interesting story from Bourgogne Aujourd’hui, yesterday: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Domaine Leflaive, Guy Amiot, Lamy-Pillot and Domaine Fleurot have blended together all of their grapes harvested in Montrachet – or maybe I should say Le Montrachet, as… Read More