The world of Burgundy is evolving, sometimes for the good ... sometimes not! The prices of buying or renting vineyards are, in some cases, exploding. This can sometimes have unexpected consequences for the tasting and rating of the wines. I got this reply from a vigneron earlier in 2024 and I …
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Alive but dead
This month, I had the pleasure of tasting old Burgundies back to 1923 from the magnificent cellar of Bouchard Pere et fils. It was a great tasting with only well-preserved and optimum bottles - for the vintage. The team of Frédéric Engerer of Domaine Artemis has done an outstanding job finding …
Bouchard Père et Fils – Oldies but goodies
Frédéric Engerer of Domaine Artemis is a true wine geek with a professional yet very nuanced and enjoyable taste for great Burgundies and wine in general. This year, during the Hospices de Beaune weekend, Artemis Domaine's director Frederic Engerer invited some of the leading journalists on …
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Damn … too sticky and too ripe
Global warming is producing more and more phenolically ripe and richer wines. The wines are getting riper and riper, and those with lesser, or smaller, terroirs are losing the crucial balance between sweet ripe fruit and freshness in the form of acidity, terroir and energy. Let's face it ... in …
Maison Chartron et Trébuchet
Maison Chartron et Trébuchet was founded in 1984 by Louis Trébuchet, manager of a wine-trading company. The business was purchased in autumn 2016 by Francois Martenot from the problematic wine businessman Vincent Sauvestre, who apparently owned the brand from 2004-2016. The current Maison …