It is always a treat and a pleasure to do the first tasting of Domaine Pierre-Olivier Garcia ... a tasting that normally is done in March or April. It's a first taste ... normally followed by the full and normal tasting either before or just after the bottling. I like the two tastings as they …
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Visit to Marchand-Tawse – Tasting the 2024s
Tasting the 2024 vintage has been both enduring and encouraging on the red side ... not a great vintage ... but a vintage that can provide lovely drinking for those who are careful and study the data and notes well. The whites, however, is a different picture ... check the last part of the …
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Ledy Vins by Aurélie 2024
Ledy Vins is a new, exciting estate in Nuits-Saint-Georges. 2023 was Aurélie's first vintage, and in 2024, she has already expanded the portfolio with three new wines - including a Grand Cru from the Corton vineyard. The level of creativity and the energy charge coming from this small domaine is …
Visit to Domaine Edouard Confuron – Tasting the 2024s
Edouard Confuron has rapidly become one of the new guys to follow in Vosne-Romanée. Edouard comes from the big and quite diverse Confuron family, as he is also a core part of the Confuron-Gindre estate together with his father. Edouard is working both with his father on the Confuron-Gindre …
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Domaine Maume-Siblas new beginnings
Domaine Maume-Siblas is an estate originating from the old Maume Domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin. The demise of the Maume estate is quite complex, and somehow also a bit irrelevant, as it is now 15 years since the main parts of the Maume estate were sold to Marchand-Tawse. Yes, Maume-Siblas …