Just back from tasting the 2019s at Domaine Dujac with Jeremy Seysses - a magnificent tour of this delightful vintage, and a treat to taste the bottled wines. The trip from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Morey-Saint-Denis was rainy, to say the least (raining hogs and pigs), and Brompton was both dirty …
P.-O. Garcia Viticulture – NSG Les Charmois
Pierre-Olivier Garcia of Domaine Moron-Garcia is continuing to develop his viticulture and his baie-par-baie vinification concept. I have followed his work in the vineyards and seen the progress over the last four months. The vines have finished flowering, so it's (roughly) 80-100 days until …
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Visit to Domaine Georges Glantenay – tasting the 2019s
Domaine Georges Glantenay is the second of two well-known Glantenay estates in Volnay, the other being Bernard and Thierry Glantenay, whom I visited in July 2019. Georges Glantenay is a sister-and-brother joint venture, with Sarah in charge of sales and brother Guillaume in charge of viticulture …
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Yes, it’s me: the Winehog
As some of you may have noticed I have relocated the Winehog "global" operations centre - man and office - to Nuits-Saint-Georges, the main town of the Côte de Nuits. This means I have the opportunity to meet more of you fellow geeks and geekettes that love to drink and explore Burgundy - or …
Domaine Georges Roumier Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2010
Roumier's Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2010 is showing magnificently. It's chock full of red fruit, fine, very delicate rose petals, and a slight, distant note of tar. The generous, perfumed nose of raspberries and hints of strawberries is staggeringly beautiful, as it's supported by the beginning of …
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