There are quite a few new estates created in Burgundy every year, but somehow the Domaine Marshall in Nuits-Saint-Georges is the most exiting newcomer in years. Domaine Marshall has the vineyards ... good 1er crus ... Domaine Marshall is uncompromised with an ambitious attitude to viticulture …
Vins d'Émotion
Tasting the Marthe Henry 2023 reds
This is part two about the 2023s from Marthe Henry ... you can see the evaluation of the Marthe Henry 2023 whites here. To see the start of her story, the article from my first visit to Marthe Henry is here. A bit about the wines One of the things that is special about the wines from …
Tasting the Marthe Henry 2023 whites
"A wine like the Bourgogne Blanc Monatine 2017 has remarkable energy and zen-like balance with an extraordinary mineral depth and joie de vivre that even many grand crus in Burgundy miss: truly a vin d'émotion." This quote was part of my motivation for awarding Marthe Henry Boillot the "Flavour …
2024 … harvest in a month +
The harvest 2024 will start during the first or the second week of September. In Nuits-Saint-Georges, it will be around September 10 - same says Olivier Lamy down south in Saint-Aubin - all depends on the big rain-man above. The whites seem to have coped better with the mildew and the generally …
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 …