New talents do emerge very rapidly sometimes ... from one day unknown and then blossoming as new finds and stars on the Burgundy wine lists the next day. Maï Roblin Bazin is one of these brewing and emerging stars: small production, only a few wines, and wines that are not from any of the …
Aligoté
Domaine Fabien Coche 2024
Fabien Coche is one of the rising stars of Meursault. The wines are pure, vivid and with a beautiful expression of the individual terroirs. This was, however, my first visit to Fabien Coche ... and while I have followed the wines for some years ... what a miss ... clearly an estate I need to …
Les Horées – back with a desire 2024
Les Horées is the brainchild of Catharina Sadde, German in origin, and her French husband Guilhem Sadde ... an unusual combination of talents and skills. Les Horées ... the name "The origin of the term Les Horées lies in Greek mythology. There are plenty of different explanations, and I am …
Impressions from the Aligoteurs 2026 tasting
The Aligoteurs tasting in March/April is an annual treat serving the best aligotees made by the best aligoteurs. The tasting brought forward wine from 2023 and 2024 ... with a few off springs from the earlier vintages. A lot of very good wines and actually very few surprises ... The …
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Aligoté ad libitum – Les Aligoteurs
A hard but fine day of work ... Les Aligoteurs is doing great work to promote the Aligoté grape ... and this week, they hosted a great tasting where the wine press was invited to taste the 2023 Aligoté wines from central Burgundy and Chablis. I know that many Aligotés are produced now - …