Profile: Laurent Ponsot (Gilly)
Tasted in Gilly les Citeaux with Laurent Ponsot – right with son Clément – 30 May 2018. Laurent Ponsot SAS 10 Rue Des Cerisiers ZA Petite Champagne 21640 Gilly Les Citeaux Tel: +33 3 80 41 03 27 www.laurentponsot.wine It has been… Read More
Domaine Duroché – Latricières
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Pierre Duroché, 24 April 2018. Domaine Duroché 5-7 Place du Monument 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 34 19 10 www.domaine-duroche.com Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile Pierre Duroché is a 5th generation vigneron though the actual domaine… Read More
Domaine Rossignol-Trapet – Latricières
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with David Rossignol, 17 April 2018. Domaine Rossignol-Trapet 4 Rue de la Petite Issue 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 51 87 26 www.rossignol-trapet.com Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile The 13 hectare Domaine Rossignol-Trapet farm 0.74 hectares of… Read More
Domaine Trapet – Latricières
Visited in Gevrey with Jean Trapet, 04 April, 2018. Domaine Trapet 53 Route de Beaune 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 34 30 40 www.domaine-trapet.fr Link to Latricières-Chambertin profile Jean Trapet explains : “Latricières-Chambertin was the first grand cru bought, in… Read More
Henri Rebourseau (reprise)
Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Benigne, Louis and their father, Jean de Surrel, 09 March 2018 – this year I missed the dog. Domaine Henri Rebourseau 10 Place du Monument 21220 Gevrey-Chambertin Tel: +33 3 80 51 88 94 www.domaine-rebourseau.fr I last visited this domaine in… Read More
weekend wines – week 18 2018
2010 Louis Boillot, Les Trois Saints Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Fresh, very dry, tasty wine but lacking any great complexity – this was honestly a bit too young – positive for the eventual quality, but for drinking today their Limited Edition cuvée is the… Read More
Grands Maisons – Grands Crus – Edition 2018
Tasted in the Clos Frantin cuverie in Nuits St.Georges, 15 March 2018. This year heralded a new format for this ‘not to miss’ tasting. Previous years saw a blind tasting of ‘Maison’ wines in Clos de Vougeot – and no time for chatting or you wouldn’t have the time to… Read More
weekend corkscrew work – week 13 2018 – part 2
I think it’s important never to be under-wined. For that reason, given 7 of us, I thought 3 magnums plus two bottles should have been enough – but it seems we were a sober lot – one bottle of white was only half drunk – though it was anyway… Read More
Louis Boillot, Ghislaine Barthod – 2016
Tasted with Clément Boillot-Barthod in Chambolle-Musigny, 31 January 2018. Domaines Louis Boillot et Fils & Ghislaine Barthod 4 Rue du Lavoir 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 80 16 Clément on 2017: “2017 was a very good harvest, and Volnay was one of the best… Read More