We start out with the team of Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair - here harvesting the Echezeaux plots in the climat Champ Traversin - at the top of the Echezeaux vineyard. Photo: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair From the top of Echezeaux to the cellar of Maison Chantereves in Savigny-Les-Beaune …
Vineyard Insight: Griotte-Chambertin
Griotte-Chambertin has a special place in my Burgundy heart - as it was one of the first Grand Crus I acquired when I began to collect Burgundies around 1990. I adore a good Griotte as it often seems to offer both drinkability and delicate complexity not often found in a Gevrey - aside form the …
Visit Domaine du Clos Frantin, Tasting of the 2015s from cask
On my June trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure of tasting the 2015s from Domaine du Clos Frantin - a brand/estate within the Maison Albert Bichot group. Domaine du Clos Frantin is the top brand of Bichot and makes the top reds from Cote de Nuits, the winemaker is the talented Cyrille …
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Harvest impressions … 2016
I have collected some harvet impressions from Facebook and other sources .. just to get an impresion of the progress - the mood and quality. First out a message from one of the smallest estate in Burgundy - an estate with great talet and promise - the Facebook translation is not perfect ... but …
Ageing potential of Burgundies – relevant or not?
Ageability of Burgundies is often discussed .. and in my view this could be relevant but in most contexts its not - and here is why. I recently published some notes on Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé 2014 bottled wines - and a guy asked me if they are for long term ageing. This is not the first …
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