2012s Tasted with Philippe Bardet and Éric de la Broise in Nuits St.Georges, 03 April, 2014. I don’t know what type of day or phase of the moon it was, but the contents of this cellar were singing the day that I visited…! Philippe on yields: 2012 yields were 50%… Read More

Tasted in Marsannay with Laurent Fournier, 28 April, 2014. Domaine Jean FOURNIER 29, rue du Château 21160 Marsannay-la-Côte +33 3 80 52 24 38+33 3 80 52… Read More

Tasted with Jean-Christophe Vallet in Gevrey-Chambertin, April 2014. About half of the red cuvées were already bottled here, the whites were all bottled in November. Their Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc is already sold out, but that’s because they had only 2 barrels instead of the usual 10! It’s always a bit of… Read More

Tasted in London, 14 May, 2014; a tasting hosted by wine-merchant, Private Cellar. Producer: Domaine Bertrand Marchard de Gramont (Nuits St.Georges) 2010 Bourgogne En Chaillots Virtually in the Nuits St.Georges villages area – but not quite. The nose… Read More

Tasted with Jerome Galeyrand in Gevrey, 04 March 2014. Galeyrand on prices: “Well, there was the cost of implementing ‘Bio’, the reduced yields and the high quality. So definitely an increase. Likely 10-20% but I’m not ready to decide as I’m neither selling nor allocating, yet.”. The wines: 2012… Read More

Tasted in Marsannay with Philippe Brun, 21 Feb. 2014. Philippe on 2012: Very happy with the vintage; there’s nice concentration – small grapes so a smaller vintage. The quality is like 2010 but with a 50% reduction of volume. Philippe on 2012 prices: It will depend on the cru, but… Read More

Tasted in Meursault with Nadine Gublin, 21 Feb, 2014. Nadine on 2012: “The first bottling began 1 week ago, many cuvées are assembled though some are still in barrel – we will follow the lunar calendar for our bottling. 2012 was a small production for us – around a 50%… Read More

Tasted in Beaune, 7 Jan, 2014 with Boris Champy, Bruno Pepin, and pictured, winemaker Jean-Charles Thomas. Maison Louis Latour 18 Rue des Tonneliers 21200 Beaune Tel: +33 3 80 24 81 00 www.louislatour.com More reports for Maison Louis Latour Of course,… Read More