This is my second visit to Pupillin and Benjamin Benoit at the estate Le Cellier Saint-Benoit. I was very excited by the first visit where I got some very interesting new wines in the book - you could actually call it an introduction to the red grape varieties that are grown in Jura aside from …
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Visit to Domaine Roulot – Tasting the 2023s
The 2023 vintage is tricky as the ripeness builds very fast at the end, causing many vignerons to have problems with overripe phenolics. To combat this eventuality, Domaine Roulot has increased the harvesting teams from 35 to 50 pickers a few years back, and this has given more degrees of freedom …
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WARNING – Global warming and phenolic ripeness
2023 was a very complex year with a warm and, in some places, problematic harvest. The heat wave ... "canicule" ... accelerated the ripening, catching some vignerons by surprise and resulting in phenolically overripe wines in quite many places. Tasting the 2023s reveal that quite many wines …
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Tasting Jérémy Recchione’s 2023s
Let's face it ... I will never learn. The name - Recchione - is a challenge for me, both to pronounce and spell. I am trying to improve. Jérémy R Jérémy R´s first labels attracted attention - now it's their wines. They started out in 2017 with "regular" organic wines with little sulphur, but …
Cécile Tremblay new on Griotte-Chambertin
The news regarding Domaine Cécile Tremblay does not seem to stop. First, the expansion of Beaumonts, secondly the addition to Echezeaux, and now Cécile got the chance to explore Griotte Chambertin. This opportunity arises as Domaine de Chézeaux was sold to Charles Van Canneyt (of Domaine …
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