Here you find all the news about the 2023 vinage in Burgundy.
Vintage Report 2023 – articles
The 2022 acidity issues
The 2022s are receiving quite a lot of acclaim already, and some of the wines are without doubt outstandingly good I have however decided to downgrade my score for the 2022 vintage “a notch” … and here is why! There is a tedious or even annoying issue with some of the 2022s reds ……
Impressions: vintage 2023 … “halfway point”
The disastrous 2024 vintage has set the 2023 vintage in an even more attractive and favorable light. The 2023s, in many ways, can supply what Burgundy will now be lacking:…
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First Impressions of 2023
We are now into May, and this means that the accumulation of 2023 vintage impressions has begun. I got a jump on the vintage last November, when Cecile Tremblay showed…
A Crazy Vintage: Summing Up 2023
The 2023 harvest is now finished, so time to sum up, and reflect! It seems 2023 is an historic vintage with exceptional yields not seen since 1982; there were sometimes…
Visits and tastings 2023 vintage
Marshall a super exciting new estate
There are quite a few new estates created in Burgundy every year, but somehow the Domaine Marshall in Nuits-Saint-Georges is the most exiting newcomer in years. Jean Marshall … Domaine Marshall has the vineyards … good 1er crus … Domaine Marshall is uncompromised with an ambitious attitude to viticulture and lastly has a new view…
Tasting the Marthe Henry 2023 reds
This is part two about the 2023s from Marthe Henry … you can see the evaluation of the Marthe Henry 2023 whites here. To see the start of her story, the article from my first visit to Marthe Henry is here. Marthe Henry A bit about the wines One of the things that is special about…
Tasting the Marthe Henry 2023 whites
“A wine like the Bourgogne Blanc Monatine 2017 has remarkable energy and zen-like balance with an extraordinary mineral depth and joie de vivre that even many grand crus in Burgundy miss: truly a vin d’émotion.” This quote was part of my motivation for awarding Marthe Henry Boillot the “Flavour of the Year” award for 2019.…
New Saisons 2023
The estate, or if you like, the Vignerons Vins Saisons has existed since 2019, with a change of management during this period. The project was started out by Eric Pignal and Loïc Lamy with the 2019 vintage as, what one could call, a hobby production. Eric then got a new job as chief winemaker at…
Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – Tasting the 2023s from Cask
It has been 8 years since I first visited Domaine Nicolas Faure in Meuilley. Time flies by at incredible speed. While I loved every vintage from this domaine, global warming is taking its toe here with increased ripeness and generosity of fruit. Nicolas Faure’s wines are still, for me, perfect examples of vins d’émotion. They…
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Mr Wolber vintage 2023
I tasted the wines of Bastian Wolber for the first time in October 2022, and I already sensed back then that I was in the presence of a very promising vigneron. As I claimed back then, give him some top vineyards – please! – and he will delight your palate and treat your hedonistic addictions…
Koji Nakada and Jae Hwa Park – The Japanese influence
Visiting Maison Lou Dumont in Gevrey Chambertin is an entry into an exciting Japanese Burgundian world. The Maison Lou Dumont is the estate of Koji Nakada and Jae Hwa Park. Under the brand Lou Dumont, they run quite a large négoce business. They also have a small domaine under the name Domaine Koji and Jae…
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Visit to Domaine Amiot-Servelle – Tasting the 2023s
After working with two or three different cellars for the past several years, Domaine Amiot-Servelle has settled down in their new cuverie in the outskirts of Chambolle. Antoine and Prune Amiot-Servelle The wines are getting evermore precise, and there is scope for further improvement with the new facility, with winemaking by gravity instead of moving…
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Flavour of the Year 2024 – Candidate No. 3
I find it extremely gratifying to promote new, talented people and estates. This is also what many buyers and collectors are looking for in a world of ever-increasing prices. This is why one of the primary goals of the Winehog is to explore new producers. To explain this initiative a bit more, while I find…
Visit to Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia – First Tasting of the 2023s from Cask
Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia is one of the estates that I follow closely, hence they are amongst the first visits in my initial round of 2023 vintage assessments. I did the harvest (or part of it anyway) at Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and therefore was able to follow the vinification closely. Disclaimer:…
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – First Taste of the 2023s
One of my most exciting tastings this month was the first sampling of the 2023s from Comte Liger-Belair, including a number of new wines from the estate’s 2022 expansion. With the ’22 vintage, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair got new plots in Grands Echezeaux, Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts, La Croix Rameau, and Aux Reas. He also added to his…
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Visit to Domaine Antoine Lienhardt – Tasting the 2023s
The siblings Héloïse and Antoine Lienhardt are the talented, enjoyable people behind Domaine Antoine Lienhardt in Comblanchien. This was my first visit to the estate -strangely – as I taste and drink many of its wines thanks to my local wine pusher. So I should know the wines, but let’s go further, and learn more.…
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