The 2021 harvest is nearing, and people are counting the days and hours, ready to spring into action when the vines are ready, or "à point." À point - at just the right time; at the peak of ripeness; at the perfect degree of doneness In reality, much of the basic harvest …
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Storage and temperature recommendations for today’s Burgundy wines
Energy, effortlessness, and vivaciousness are terms that I use about a good vin d'emotion. But to attain and maintain these attributes, storage and serving temperature have to be respected and optimised. Most Burgundy today is well made, and will improve if stored properly. But new tendencies in …
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Visit to Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont – tasting the 2020s from cask
Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont - also known as Domaine Axelle Marchard de Gramont, or just Axelle - is one of my fixed annual tastings, and this was actually my second visit here since I moved to Burgundy earlier in the year. The Covid-related shuffling of tastings gave me the opportunity to …
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The effect of biodynamics
One rarely has the opportunity to monitor or research the effects of viticultural efforts and initiatives on the finished wine; this is understandable. Yet a deeper understanding of these methods and their effects could only help quantify the quality of a wine, as well as the basic elements that …
From Morey to Vosne – in pictures
Just back from tasting the 2019s at Domaine Dujac with Jeremy Seysses - a magnificent tour of this delightful vintage, and a treat to taste the bottled wines. The trip from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Morey-Saint-Denis was rainy, to say the least (raining hogs and pigs), and Brompton was both dirty …