Visit at Chartron in Puligny-Montrachet tasting the 2018s ... it's early days - yet I have a fine impression of the Chartron 2018s - good balance and freshness in this hot year are the key parameters to look for. … [Read more...] about Visit Jean-Michel Chartron
Chevalier Montrachet
Bouchard Pere et Fils, Chevalier Montrachet 2017
The 2017 is a vivid and charming Chevalier-Montrachet showing fine intensity and depth. The fruit is offering a lovely and quite intense minerality with fine white orchards fruits. It's mineral intensity is lovely and while it's a intense wine - its … [Read more...] about Bouchard Pere et Fils, Chevalier Montrachet 2017
Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron, Chevalier-Montrachet
Chevalier-Montrachet is a great vineyard, perhaps only surpassed by Montrachet in the white classifications. Chevalier-Montrachet is only located in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, but have been expanded a couple of times over the years, as … [Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron, Chevalier-Montrachet
Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2017s from cask
Puligny-Montrachet should somehow represent the pinnacle of white Burgundy - but during the last one or two decades the producers of Puligny have been seriously challenged by estates from other appellations. Things are however changing, and new … [Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2017s from cask
Terroir Insight: Domaine d’Auvenay, Chevalier-Montrachet
Beyond elusive ... not even in my dreams. The red grand crus of Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay are both very rare and very costly - but the whites are even further away from the snout of the Winehog. Both the Chevalier-Montrachet and the … [Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine d’Auvenay, Chevalier-Montrachet
Maison Louis Latour, Chevalier-Montrachet Demoiselles 2015
The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage - wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle. The Louis Latour, … [Read more...] about Maison Louis Latour, Chevalier-Montrachet Demoiselles 2015
Domaine Leflaive, Chevalier Montrachet 2004
The 2004 Chevalier-Montrachet is a magnificent wine - and this example seem very fresh indeed with the classic Leflaive gun-powder in the nose alongside cool and vibrant fruit - sligtly maturing note of ginger and hazelnuts - brought forward by a … [Read more...] about Domaine Leflaive, Chevalier Montrachet 2004
Tasting of Bourchard Pere et Fils 2015
This week I had the opportunity to taste a large selection of the 2015s from Bouchard Pere et Fils. The Danish importer of Bouchard, Eric Sorensen and the Export Manager Maisons et Domaines Henriot, Victor Pepin, also this year joined forces to … [Read more...] about Tasting of Bourchard Pere et Fils 2015