Today I am starting on the most daunting project of them all - the mighty Corton hill. This unique and complex vineyard is a lifelong study, and presumably one would have to start all over in the midst of the project, as owners and vignerons would have changed. So, in reality, I will never …
Aloxe Corton
Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – tasting the 2019s from cask
It's good to be back in the Meuilley cellar of Nicolas Faure, in a lovely village with for me a tricky name to spell - Meuilley, Meuilley, Meuilley, Meuilley - in the valley above Nuits-Saint-Georges 😝 On this visit I was with Paul Wasserman and his team, harking back to the first tasting …
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Visit Domaine Jean Fournier – tasting 2018
A bit more than two years ago, at the Grands Jours de Bourgogne in Marsannay, I had the pleasure of tasting the wines of Laurent Fournier for the first time. I was impressed to find fine energy and vivacity in his wines, and a hedonistic flair that I don't normally find in the wines from the …
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Visit to Domaine Naudin-Ferrand – poetry up and above
«Viola Odorata» - a poetic name for a very lyrical wine. This is more or less where my infatuation starts... I have tasted Claire Naudin's wines and, while I really liked and enjoyed them, thus far the tastings had been in more informal "hippie"-like circumstances. These wines are, however, …
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Visit to Domaine Michel Mallard – tasting the red 2018s
I'm back below the Corton hill in Ladoix-Serrigny, visiting Michel Mallard at his family estate that is conveniently called ... Domaine Michel Mallard, after his grandfather. For a bit more info on the Michel Mallard estate check the article about the white 2018s. Ladoix a part of Aloxe …
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