another nice wine this week – 2013 Bienvenues
This week we celebrated a birthday in a nice Swiss hotel, so for pre-dinner, I brought a bottle of my own. Bought direct from OL on release. This wine has spent quite a long time in a refrigerator as the apartment gets too hot in the Beaune summers… Read More
drinking to excess…
Excess, in this case, not necessarily volume-related… I’d planned to post on this modest line-up of bottles early last week – but the frost-related events of the week made me reconsider my timing – despite bottles such as these being the marketing livelihood of the region – or… Read More
Jean-Charles Fagot – 2019
Tasted in Corpeau with Jean-Charles, 23 October 2019. Domaine Jean-Charles Fagot 5 Rue de l’Église 21190 Corpeau Tel: +33 3 80 21 30 24 /domaine-viticole/ More reports for Domaine Jean-Charles Fagot Jean-Charles on 2019: “The 2019 whites… Read More
Brigitte Berthelemot – 2019
Tasted in Meursault Champs Lins with Brigitte and Thomas Berthemelot, 01 October 2020. Domaine Brigitte Berthelemot 24 Rue des Forges BP 30008 21190 Meursault Tel: +33 3 80 21 68 61 www.domaineberthelemot.com This domaine was created by Brigitte Berthelemot in 2007, beginning… Read More
Michel Niellon – 2019
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Lucie Coutoux, 30 September 2020. Domaine Michel Niellon Le Haut des Champs 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 24 70 17 Othe reports for Domaine Michel Niellon Lucie on 2020: “It was nice; an easy winter… Read More
Au Pied de Mont Chauve – 2019
Tasted in Chassagne with Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne, the 07 October, 2020. Domaine Au Pied du Mont Chauve 5 Chemin du Château 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 98 57 famillepicard.fr More reprorts for Domaine Au Pied… Read More
Heitz-Lochardet – 2019
Tasted in Chassagne-Montrachet with Armand Heitz, 22 October 2020. Domaine Heitz-Lochardet 24 Rue Charles Paquelin 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 33 19 armandheitz.com More reports on Heitz-Lochardet Armand on 2020: “2020 was really rather… Read More
this week’s, pre-lockdown, 2019 inquisition…
A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More
Morey-Coffinet – 2018
Tasted in Chassagne with Thibault Morey, 09 October 2019. Domaine Morey-Coffinet 6 Place du Grand Four 21190 Chassagne-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 31 71 www.domainemoreycoffinet.com Thibault on 2019: “We started harvesting 1st September, finishing the 9th in 2019 but the… Read More