Tasted in Morey St.Denis with Laurent Lignier, 04 May 2017. Domaine Hubert Lignier 45, Grande Rue 21220 Morey St.Denis Tel: +33 3 80 51 87 40 www.hubert-lignier.com Whilst the official address of the domaine remains the house in the High Street of Morey St.Denis,… Read More

Tasted in Gevrey-Chambertin with Bernard Bouvier, Isabelle Collotte, Laurent Fournier, Sylvain Pataille and Jean-François Guyard. For me, and for a long time, Marsannay was more about producers and just a few lieu-dits (apparently there are 69 producers of Marsannay) and that’s because it’s a big and complicated… Read More

As the most northerly outpost of the Côte d’Or, Marsannay sits in the long shadow of Dijon. The hill of Marsannay forms a complex, clay-limestone (middle Jurassic) east-facing hillside that has many geological faults and is intersected by multiple Combes (side valleys). It is clearly consistent and continuous with… Read More

Tasted with Clément Boillot-Barthod in Chambolle-Musigny, 20 March 2017. Domaine Louis Boillot et Fils 4 Rue du Lavoir 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 80 16 Louis Boillot, as I’m sure you already know, is the husband of Ghislaine Barthod from Chambolle-Musigny. Louis started out with… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Jean-Pierre Confuron, 13 December 2016. Chanson Père et Fils 10 Rue du Collège/r Paul Chanson 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 25 97 97 www.vins-chanson.com Jean-Pierre on 2016: “In 2 to 3 words, what was left was very nice. Chablis… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Boris Champy, 12 December 2016. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com The 2016 vintage… “2016? Well, Corton was good, Vosne-Romanée was superb and as for Chambolle-Musigny, there wasn’t much… Read More

Tasted in Beaune with Frédéric Barnier, 30 November, 2016. Louis Jadot 21 Rue Eugène Spuller 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 10 57 www.louisjadot.com Frédéric on 2016: “2016 – simply unfair! Massive differences between different places, hail as well as frost. It’s… Read More

Tasted with Alexandre Brault in Beaune, 30 November 2015. Maison Alex Gambal 14 Boulevard Jules Ferry 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 22 75 81 www.alexgambal.com Alexandre on 2016: “In 2016 we were not very lucky, though of-course some people were even less… Read More

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