Burgundy is fascinating, as you can explore the wines of the region for decades and visit the villages for years, and yet some estates are strangely falling outside your scope unfairly. Domaine Pernot-Bélicard is one such estate ... I visited there in 2017, and was impressed ... and the good …
Puligny Montrachet
Visit to Domaine Thomas-Collardot – Tasting the 2024s
Jacqueline Collardot and her son Matthieu run the small Puligny estate Thomas-Collardot. I visit this estate quite often - as I like the wines and the people. This is sort of reminds me of the times when Burgundy was less stressed and commercial. Big thx to Matthieu and Jacqueline for the …
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Alussia … the former Mayhem
Burgundy is a very small world, and it's interlinked in many peculiar and explainable ways. The family links are many, and there are many connections that are not that well-known to the outsiders. And they turn up when you least expect them. I was tasting at Jane Eyre just south of Beaune when I …
Visit Domaine Coffinet Duvernay: Tasting the 2024s
I am slowly but surely getting on top of the 2024 whites. And I must say ... what a treat. The wines are delightfully balanced, cool in style ... reminding me of good vintages of the past. Would we call the wines classic? I would say yes, though there are some comments one needs to attach to …
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An exciting estate – Alvina Pernot
Sometimes, the wine world throws you a curveball which set the wines and Burgundy in a slightly different light. The visit was Alvina Pernot - the granddaughter of Paul Pernot in Puligny-Montrachet, a relatively new estate, it was started in 2018 - still building experience and taking over more …