2017 harvest – 04 september
The Clos de Vougeot about 17h00 today. There’s a wave of new starters in the vines today and interestingly, a number of producers are noting that they are harvesting vineyards on exactly the same day as in 2015 – that will be a good comparison in the future. Read More
weekend wine – week 29 2017
Of-course there were others, etrangers, but I thought I’d concentrate on this one. I bought a few of these at a Swiss auction a few years back – though I later stopped buying from the auction house concerned as there were too many ‘questionable’ bottles for sale. But this… Read More
Profile: Domaine Hubert Lignier
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
2014 Marsannay (plus 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
Marsannay: Village Profile
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
Beaujolais 2015 of Louis Boillot
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
Chanson Père et Fils – 2015
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
Louis Latour – 2015
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
Louis Jadot – 2015
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