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
p.ox-y mischief
Having mistakenly opened a (remarkably super!) 2007 M&M to follow-up on my p.oxed 2005, here – eventually – are a couple of 2005 follow-ups. Sadly, and in my cellar at-least, these are for the fish or chicken sauce – only. 2005 Mischief & Mayhem, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Caillerets Deep… Read More
the return of the clos marey-monge…
Hello from a windy beach in the UK! I’m back in the saddle on Thursday, but this is hot in today – très French – I haven’t seen a translation, not yet, anyway, but I’m sure you all know how to use google 😉 Cheers! Château de Pommard :… Read More
week 16s weekend wines…
Hmm – a nice selection I thought – but there were a couple of disappointments. 2013 Olivier Leflaive, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Champ Canet A hint of oak spice and a width of engaging aroma. Ooh! This is nice; layers of beautiful flavour and a fine line of enlivening acidity. Read More
changes at château de pommard…
Today’s press release from the Château de Pommard. Under their new ownership, they are very much moving forward with a business-centric approach: Château de Pommard builds its international sales network Hires Ann Feely as Chief Commercial Officer Pommard, France 14th March 2016 Château de Pommard is expanding its sales… Read More