Burgundy is all about terroirs, and while you can make emotional wines from modest terroirs, the great emotional wines almost always come from the very best terroirs. Not all classified terroirs can apparently make a true vin d´émotion ... and it is therefore important to know your terroirs …
Vosne Romanee
2025 … a first real sip
We are now in March, and with the 2024 yields being minuscule, the charming 2025s are already knocking on the door. Vintages and wines are getting thrown into the market earlier and earlier, with first very initial tastings even a few weeks from harvest! Like it or not ... this is the speed …
Charles Noëllat … at a glimpse
I love old Burgundies - so I was very happy to have the opportunity to taste the rare Charles Noëllat Vosne-Romanée Beaumonts 1967 that my good friend brought to our dinner this week. The Charles Noëllat bottle is labelled Vosne-Romanée Les Beaumonts, but please note that there are variations, as …
Visit to Domaine Dujac vintage 2024
Over the last few years, Domaine Dujac has changed the modus operandi for the vintage tastings. Now, they make a small series with approximately 10 people in a new tasting room that is part of the cellar. This is a new format and works well for my journalistic side, but it takes some of the …
AJVaona 2023
AJ Vaona ... The couple Alexandre Carminati and Justine Mongeard in Vosne-Romanée have started a new Domaine AJ Vaona. The AJ Vaona estate is an offspring of the big Mongeard Mugneret estate in Vosne-Romanée ... AJ Vaona is an estate being Domaine and Negociant with most af the vineyards …