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 …
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Hadrien Bissaud – Testing the 2023s
I think Hadrien Bissaud still qualify as a new name in Burgundy and he definitely has a talent that he is trying to form and develop. He comes from the insurance business so he has perhaps a more academic view of winemaking... The link to the wine business nonetheless exists, as his family …
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 …
New Saisons 2023
The estate, or if you like, the Vignerons Vins Saisons has existed since 2019, with a change of management during this period. The project was started out by Eric Pignal and Loïc Lamy with the 2019 vintage as, what one could call, a hobby production. Eric then got a new job as chief …