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I am updating my restaurant list, and the second new entry is Auberge du Côteau. Auberge du Côteau 3 Route de la Côte de Nuits, 21700 Villars-Fontaine Classical bistro-style restaurant with very good food made from high-quality products. Wine list is quite limited, but good wines for …
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I'm back at CLF (Domaine Coquard-Loison-Fleurot) to taste the 2021s, and my expectations are high. They always rise here if the vintage is on the vivid and cooler side, whereas vintages like 2018 can be challenging at this address, or should I say below the very high standard I expect and normally …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Coquard-Loison-Fleurot – Tasting the 2021s
I had never visited Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey or Domaine Caroline Morey, so I was excited when I met Clement Colin, Pierre-Yves' and Caroline's son, and he offered me a tasting at the domaines in Chassagne-Montrachet. Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is a well-known white-wine-producing …
[Read more...] about A First: Visit to PYCM – Tasting the 2021s
As I was a harvester in 2021, I know just how bad some grapes looked at the time they were picked. Creating lovely wines from this mess seemed at the time rather unrealistic. The results are now almost finalised (the wines are nearing the end of their time in tank and barrel), and surprisingly, …
[Read more...] about 2021: The Surprise of the Heterogeneous Few
Burgundy is known to be complex. There is the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune, there are myriad appellations (Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vosne-Romanee, etc.) and almost countless different vineyards (La Colombiere, Les Petits Monts, Richebourg, et.al.). Add to this the different producers making wines …
[Read more...] about The Hedonistic Blessing of Certain Plots
