I love to drink great wines, but 30+ degrees centigrade and big Grand Cru do not go hand in hand. Save your big guns for a cooler day! Summer calls for fresh, energetic wines that have a light appearance … frais et léger … a vin VIF. Additionally, the wine should be served …
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2024 … harvest in a month +
The harvest 2024 will start during the first or the second week of September. In Nuits-Saint-Georges, it will be around September 10 - same says Olivier Lamy down south in Saint-Aubin - all depends on the big rain-man above. The whites seem to have coped better with the mildew and the generally …
Mr Wolber vintage 2023
I tasted the wines of Bastian Wolber for the first time in October 2022, and I already sensed back then that I was in the presence of a very promising vigneron. As I claimed back then, give him some top vineyards - please! - and he will delight your palate and treat your hedonistic addictions …
Koji Nakada and Jae Hwa Park – The Japanese influence
Visiting Maison Lou Dumont in Gevrey Chambertin is an entry into an exciting Japanese Burgundian world. The Maison Lou Dumont is the estate of Koji Nakada and Jae Hwa Park. Under the brand Lou Dumont, they run quite a large négoce business. They also have a small domaine under the name Domaine …
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Damn … too sticky and too ripe
Global warming is producing more and more phenolically ripe and richer wines. The wines are getting riper and riper, and those with lesser, or smaller, terroirs are losing the crucial balance between sweet ripe fruit and freshness in the form of acidity, terroir and energy. Let's face it ... in …