I had a nice line-up of tastings in March, April, and May, many with the producers of great white Burgundies. Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey and Domaine Caroline Morey were two of these, with wines made in shared facilities in Chassagne-Montrachet's the new business end. And this year the …
Saint Aubin
Elevage, Sulphur, and Closures
While some think that making wine is a simple operation, I can assure you this is not the case, particularly as regards modern-day, top-end winemaking in Burgundy. Olivier Lamy is one of the true forerunners in testing new methods to help optimise his wines, and also in helping other vignerons by …
A First: Visit to PYCM – Tasting the 2021s
I had never visited Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey or Domaine Caroline Morey, so I was excited when I met Clement Colin, Pierre-Yves' and Caroline's son, and he offered me a tasting at the domaines in Chassagne-Montrachet. Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is a well-known white-wine-producing …
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Visit Domaine Hubert Lamy – tasting of the 2017 vintage
It's always a great pleasure to visit Domaine Hubert Lamy - where the dynamic Olivier Lamy always is working hard on improving the wines. Photo: Olivier Lamy focused and explaining One of the improvements made over the last 10 years is the extension of the elevage, from intially 12 months in …
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Olivier Leflaive, Saint-Aubin Chateniere 2011
There is quite a lot of talk about the improvements at Maison Olivier Leflaive - and while this might be true, the Saint Aubin Chatenière 1er cru 2011 is still somewhat of a mixed experience. The good stuff .. it's still quite fresh and vigorous for the vintage - some mature notes of hazelnuts and …
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