The Griotte Chambertin 1999 from Ponsot is beginning to show more secondary aromas but still need time to unfold the lovely Griotte charm. The nose is brimming with intense red and darkberry fruit spiced with cinnamon and allspice. On the palate … [Read more...]
The Meursault Perrieres 2011 from Antoine Jobard is slightly introvert currently but offer a lovely potential. In the nose refined whithe fruit - notes of melon, white peach, acacia, spiced with a filigree citrus infused minerality. On the palate … [Read more...]
The Latricieres Chambertin 2012 from Trapet impressed me quite a lot, and things certainly seems to move in the right direction at this domaine. The nose offer fine expressive red and dark fruit - notes of strawberries, raspberries and darker … [Read more...]
The Le Chambertin 1997 from Rousseau is a big and quite dense wine for the vintage. In the bouquet mainly layers of dark berry fruit ... so far quite secondary .. with a few hints of sous-bois and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate weighty and … [Read more...]
The 2012 Aux Reignots from Cathiard is a delightfully filigree effort. The nose is crammed with red and dark fruit - boysenberries, pomegranate, red and dark cherries + a selection of red forrest berries - spiced with violets and a touch of gun … [Read more...]
The Grands Echezeaux 1978 from Sirugue is a delightful mature wine ... in perfect condition and taken at the right moment. In the bouquet sweet red fruit, sous-bois, truffle - spiced with a orange infused minerality ... classic 1978 nose. On the … [Read more...]
The Chambertin Clos de Béze 2008 from Domaine Prieure-Roch is very forward and seems quite developed. The bouquet is bursting with organic expressive red berry fruit - spiced with cinnamon, violets and all spice. On the palate openly knit and … [Read more...]
The Clos de Vougeot 2010 from Domaine Prieure-Roch is a gorgeous effort and a impressive Clos de Vougeot. The bouquet offer expressive red and dark berry fruit spiced with cinnamon, violets and all spice. On the palate quite weighty midpalate fruit … [Read more...]
The Criots-Batard-Montrachet 1989 from Hubert Lamy is a delightfully fresh effort. The nose is still crisp and vibrant with cool yellow fruit, hazelnuts and a slightly salty minerality. On the palate medium bodied with focused and refined fruit … [Read more...]
The Bonnes Mares 2011 from Roumier is a big and intense effort. In the nose red and dark fruits, blueberries, red currant, boysenberries spiced with hints of plum and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate big and muscular for the vintage with a … [Read more...]
The Bonnes Mares 2011 from Vogüé is showing beautifully - matched in a set with the Roumier and Bertheau efforts from the same vineyard and vintage. The nose offer lovely transparent cool red and dark fruit. On the palate very pure and transparent … [Read more...]
The 2008 Echezeaux from Liger-Belair is really singing. The nose is bursting with intense acidity infused red berry fruit - spiced by a delicate fragrance of of peony rose, violets, oak and all spice. On the palate fresh and very energetic red fruit … [Read more...]
The Richebourg 2006 from Meo-Camuzet is a big and expressive wine. The nose offer rich red and dark berry fruit spiced with sous-bois, tar, mint, game and violets. On the palate rich and quite opulent, with a focusing core of minerality and tannins. … [Read more...]
The Richebourg 1995 from Anne Gros is quite a powerhouse .. and age 20 only just starting to show matured notes. The nose is crammed with darkberry fruit .. cassis, dark cherries, sous-bois and oriental spices. On the palate intense and weighty fruit … [Read more...]
The Amoureuses 1990 from Vogüé has entered a matured stage .. but still have some rustic edges left. The bouquet is showing red and dark fruits, with hints of tar, prune, coffee and sous-bois. On the palate quite rich and weighty for a Amoureuses … [Read more...]
The Meursault Charmes 2010 from Antoine Jobard is a truly delightful effort. The nose is classic with quite expressive notes of melon, white peach, acacia, spiced with a discrete citrus infused minerality. On the palate rich and generous - with amble … [Read more...]
The Vosne Romanee Les Gaudichots 2012 from Regis Forey is a serious wine for the vintage. Made from very old wines – planted in 1930 – on the vineyard located just next to and above the mighty La Tache. The bouquet display layers of deep red fruit … [Read more...]
The Grands Echezeaux 2012 from Sirugue represent another step up in quality for Domaine Sirugue. The bouquet is offering layers of juicy red fruit ... intense with lovely Vosne minerality and spices. On the palate layers of rich and velvet fruit - a … [Read more...]
The Ruchottes-Chambertin 2013 from Pacalet is very impressive and gorgeous wine in the making - the grand cru terroirs really show well in this intense and highly structured vintage,. The bouquet is showing layers of intense red and dark fruit ... … [Read more...]
The Chambolle La Combe d'Orveaux 2012 is a magnificent effort from Bruno Clavelier ... one of the very best wines I have tasted from this fine domaine. The bouquet is bursting with layers of juicy red berry fruit ... very forward, airy and expressive … [Read more...]
The Echezeaux 2012 from Pacalet is a gorgeous effort. The nose is bursting with fruit ... red juicy fruit with a quite intense mineralty and spiced with violets, all spice and cinnamon. On the palate even more weighty than expected with a very fine … [Read more...]
The Amoureuses 2011 from Vogue is a gorgeously juicy and transparent wine for the vintage. In the bouquet sweet and crisp jellied fruit - notes of pomegranate and red forest berries - supported by a intense filligree minerality. On the palate layers … [Read more...]
The Malconsorts 2011 from Cathiard is a magnificent wine for the vintage. The nose is crammed with expressive red and darkberry fruit - notes of dark cherries, plum and red currant - spiced with violets and a touch of oak. On the palate rich openly … [Read more...]
There are many fine vineyards in Chassagne-Montrachet - but Les Caillerets is in my view in a league of its own. The 2012 Caillerets from Jean-Nöel Gagnard confirms this status. The nose is delicately refined with airy white orchard fruit and a … [Read more...]
The Richebourg 2012 from Gros Frere et Soeur is very fine effort but lacking a bit of weight and intensity compared to the big boys and girls on the Richebourg vineyard. The nose is currently slightly reduced with ample oak and underlaying layers of … [Read more...]
The 2012 Echezeaux from Mugneret-Gibourg is a beauty. In the nose forward, pure and relatively dark pinot fruit with delicate berry aromas - notes of cinnamon and elderberries - very nicely focused. On the palate rich and pure with a very fine … [Read more...]
The 2012 Aux Reignots from Cathiard is in my view one of his very best efforts from this fine 1er cru so far. The nose is crammed with red and darkberry fruit - notes of blackberries, dark cherries and red forrest berries - spiced with violets and a … [Read more...]
The Echezeaux 2012 from Cecile Tremblay is a gorgeous effort ... her wines seems to get more focused and refined each year. The nose is crammed with asian spices, raspberries, red currant and elderberries ... supported by a deep earthy minerality. On … [Read more...]
The Chambolle Musigny 1er cru 2010 from Vogue is a truly lovely wine with tremendous nerve and energy. In the bouquet lovely cool and crystal clear red fruit - forest strawberries, raspberries with perfumed tones of grape fruit and a lovely intense … [Read more...]
The "Le Corton" 2012 from Bouchard is one of the most impressive reds I have tasted from this producer. In the nose lovely red berry fruit - raspberries -red currant - supported by a earthy minerality and a healthy dose of new oak. The crisp acidity … [Read more...]
I really adore the 2002s from de Vogüé ... they are vibrant and expressive with a delightful expression of Chambolle terroir. The 1er cru 2002 is showing beautifully. In the bouquet framboise, red cherries and hints of strawberries and sous-bois. … [Read more...]
The 1999 edition of the Chambolle 1er cru from Vogüé is showing beautifully after three hours of decanting. The fruit is still relatively dark but offering sweet red notes and a nice sous-bois infused minerality. On the palate quite weighty with red … [Read more...]
The 2005 version of the Chambolle 1er cru is a powerful but surprisingly refined effort after 3 hours of decanting. The nose is crammed with red berry fruit ... ripe, sweet and intense ... but also fresh and quite transparent offering a nice view to … [Read more...]
The Echezeaux 2012 from Georges Noellat is a beautifully balanced and refined effort from the climate les Cruots. The nose is offering lovely juicy red and dark berry fruit - charmingly perfeumed with a lovely floral spicyness with the oak … [Read more...]
The Vosne-Romane Les Petits Monts 2012 from Georges Noellat is a gorgeous expression of the terroir and the vintage. The nose is offering lovely juicy red and dark berry fruit, a lovely Vosne spicyness and a well integrated touch of oak. On the … [Read more...]
The Meursault Clos des Boucheres is a quite new wine in the Roulot impressive line-up of Meursault wines - the first vintage was 2011. This gorgeous vineyard located above the northern part of Porusot and just south of Goutte d'Or. This vineyard … [Read more...]
The 2005 Meursault Perrieres from Roulot is a brilliant effort for this vintage. The bouquet is open and quite expressive with notes of orchard fruits - pear, apricot .. spiced with hints of citrus, almonds, hazelnuts and a quite intense minerality. … [Read more...]
The Clos de Vougeot 2010 from Domaine Prieure-Roch is a lovely effort from this in my view somewhat overrated terroir. The bouquet offer expressive red and dark berry fruit spiced with cinnamon, violets and all spice. On the palate quite weighty … [Read more...]
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Argillieres is a very interesting terroir located between Clos Arlot and Clos de Corvees in the very south of the appelation. The 2010 Argillieres is showing beautifully - it's forward, crisp and bold. In the nose … [Read more...]
The Romanee Saint-Vivant 2008 from Domaine Poisot is a pure and delightfully transparent effort. In the nose crisp red berry fruit with notes of cherries, raspberries ... spiced with violets and rose petals. On the palate cool and fresh fruit - … [Read more...]
The Romanee Saint-Vivant 2008 from Remi Poisot is a pure and delightfully transparent effort. In the nose crisp red berry fruit with notes of cherries, raspberries ... spiced with violets and rose petals. On the palate cool and fresh fruit - acidity … [Read more...]
The 2011 Echezaux from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a gorgeous wine in the making. In the nose quite abundant red berry fruit - raspberries and pomegranate - spiced with violets, peony rose, all spice and a touch of oak. On the palate rich, … [Read more...]
The 2007 Echezaux is really starting to show the finesse and refinement. The nose is bursting with intense red berry fruit and a delicate fragrance of Vosne spices - with notes of peony rose, violets and all spice. On the palate gorgeous quite linear … [Read more...]
The Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 2000 from Domaine Leflaive is approaching maturity. In the nose expressive yellow fruit with notes of hazelnuts and almonds ... spiced with a lovely citrus infused minerality. On the palate fine power and weight … [Read more...]
I really love Ponsot wines when they are open and accessible ... sadly it's somehow difficult to find the drinking window on the Ponsot wines. Quite a lot of 1999 reds are starting to show beautifully - but this is not the case with Clos de la Roche … [Read more...]
The 1996 wines from Domaine Leflaive are showing great at the moment - and the Combette is no exception. The nose is very complex with lovely mature notes of yellow fruits, almonds and hazelnuts, spiced with coffee and a citrus infused minerality. On … [Read more...]
The Musigny Vieilles Vignes 2000 from Vogue has entered a semimatured stage and is showing well. In the nose red and dark berry fruit, sous-bois and a quite intense Chambolle minerality. On the palate very muscular and intense for the vintage - with … [Read more...]
The Amoureuses 2010 from Francois Bertheau gorgeous and enjoyable wine in the making. I tasted this from cask in the summer of 2011 where it showed a very fine promise ... and I'm certainly not disappointed. In the nose layers of lovely sweet red … [Read more...]
The Vosne Romanee Malconsort 2012 is a gorgeous wine in the making. The nose is quite reduced but still very expressive and floral (50% whole cluster) with a lovely vibrant red and dark fruit - hints violets and peony rose. On the palate very refined … [Read more...]
The Echezeaux is from a 0.99 ha plot located in the climate Champs Traversin in the top part of the vineyard. The nose show some reduction but also a beautiful floral and spicy fruit - backed up by a finely grained stony minerality. On the palate … [Read more...]