The 2016 vintage will be remembered by the Burgundian vignerons for many years – as a year of frost, mildew and devastation – but also a vintage with a happy ending. The successful and relatively abundant 2017 harvest have now erased the worst memories of the troublesome 2016 season and the …
Clos de Tart sold
According to Drink Business Clos de Tart is being sold to Artemis Group, the holding company owned by Château Latour’s owner, François Pinault. The price is repported to be in excess of 200 million Euro - more than the double of what was paid for Clos des Lambrays. Pinault already own …
First round of visits October 2017
The October trip is a shorter stop before the main round of tastings in start November 2017. I do have some exiting new names on the program here in October alongside some of my favorites I have visited before. First out - Domaine de la Cras - an estate located just outside Dijon - on the Côte …
Burgundy Impressions October 2017
The first two days of tasting have confirmed the very fine quality of the 2016 vintage. It is prefered to the 2015s by quite many producers due to the cool and more classic style of the 2016 vintage - and I certainly can understand why - to some degree at least. Sylvain Pataille The …
Domaine Dujac, Bonnes Mares 1976
The Bonnes-Mares 1976 from Domaine Dujac is still showing nicely - fully mature and at a drinking stage. The bouquet unfolded beautifully after some time in the glass - initially a bit of tar and figue - a clear indication of the hot 1976 vintage. After some minutes more red fruit and sous-bois is …