This week I'm tasting 2016s from a range of estates - from Gevrey to Maranges. This is first impressions - and marks the start of my 2016 vintage coverage. Day one of my June 2017 Burgundy trip included Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, Domaine du Comte … [Read more...]
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2009
The La Romanee 2009 has been backward and slightly grumpy since the bottling - but now it's really starting to show. The nose is offering layers of red and dark fruit, a vibrant spiciness and a intense minerality. On the palate intense layers of … [Read more...]
Domaine Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2014
Was very happy to find this in a Restaurant ... the Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2014 is one of the very best Aligotes I have ever tasted. The nose is very pure and vibrant with a delicate white orchard fruits, hints of grass and anise .. … [Read more...]
Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015 is currently slightly closed - a bit reduced it seems. Nose starting out with some notes of prune and with the stems a bit forward. After some time the red fruits are back in charge offering lovely vibrant … [Read more...]
Visit Domaine Chandon de Briailles – tasting of the 2015s from cask
Fame and glory is sometimes not fairly distributed in Burgundy - and especially estates outside the main appellations seem to struggle to get the acclaim they deserves. One of these estates is Chandon de Briailles in Savigny Les Beaune .. a … [Read more...]
Visit: Benjamin Leroux – tasting of the 2015s
Benjamin Leroux is one of the most talented winemakers of his generations. A few years back he resigned from his job as régisseur at Comte Armand, and is now focusing on this own negociant business in Beaune. Maison Benjamin Leroux was launched … [Read more...]
Three Bottles – a bit about the origin of the Winehog
It's always exiting to hear how people got started with their wine interest and career. Joss Fowler - currently Director at Renaissance Vintners and wine bogger - have published a great series of articles where well known - and apparently also … [Read more...]
Domaine Remi Jobard, Meursault Sous la Velle 2014
The Meursault Sous la Velle 2014 from Domaine Remi Jobard, is a refined, detailed and slightly tart young Mersault. The bouquet offer white fruits brought forward by a cirtrus infused detailed minerality .. cool but with a fine little perfumed … [Read more...]
Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Echezeaux 2013
The 2013 Echezeaux from Domaine Meo-Camuzet is a quite vivid and energetic wine. It comes from the terroir - Rouges du Bas - located in the top part of Echezeaux - hence a relatively light and mineral driven Echezeux. The nose offer plenty of cool … [Read more...]
Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Clos de Vougeot 2008
I have tasted the Meo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot 2008 several times and currently it seems in a transitory stage ... some from very cool cellars are quite backward and less exiting, wheres others are showing more energy and verve. This example - froma … [Read more...]
The Burgundy Prices – today and in the longer perspective
I rarely write about the Burgundy prices ... high and rising prices seem to be a part of this hobby ... if one wants the best of the best. There are however some worrying tendenses in the Burgundy market, that somehow reminds me of the days when … [Read more...]
Visit Domaine Antoine Jobard – tasting of the 2015s from cask
I do have my favourite estates in Burgundy – and Domaine Antoine Jobard is certainly one of them. I have tasted, enjoyed, engulfed and consumed many bottles from this estate – hence I have tasted a lot of the wines produced over the last 10 years and … [Read more...]
Wine of the Month – May 2017
Wine of the Month is a way of celebrating the wine in the glass. Each month I will find a lovely and gratifying wine - not the greatest, not the best ... but a interesting and enjoyable wine on the day ... or as Clive Coates so eloquently puts it - … [Read more...]
Domaine Coquard Loison Fleurot, Vosne-Romanée 2014
The Vosne-Romanée village from Domaine Coquard Loison Fleurot is a delightful wine. The oak is a bit forward currently with the toasted notes quite present. With some air and decanting the oak intergrates well and the juicy fruit notes and Vosne … [Read more...]
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...]
Wine authentication … fake and fraudulent wines ….
Two days in London with unicorn wines .... starting with a Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1945 magnum in the hand ... looking at a large collection of other fake bottles from some of the most notorious fraudsters - that is the scene when Maureen Downey … [Read more...]
Domaine Morey-Coffinet, Chassagne Dent de Chien 2005
It is rare to taste a Chassagene Dent de Chien - as this magnificent vineyard above the Montrachet Grand Cru is very small. One of the producers is Domaine Morey-Coffinet ... and when I visited the estate I had the pleasure of tasting the 2005 … [Read more...]
Domaine Morey-Coffinet, Chassagne Blanchots Dessus 2012
Readers know that I'm not a great fan of the 2012 whites - it's not a poor vintage by any standards - I do however feel they lack a bit of energy compared with the 2010 and 2014 vintages. This is not the case with the Blanchots Dessus from Domaine … [Read more...]
Terroir Insight: Arnoux-Lachaux, Romanée Saint-Vivant
One of the rapidly rising stars of Burgundy is Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in Vosne-Romanee as the son Charles Lachaux has since 2013 taken quality to new levels - and with the 2015s he has entered in the group of top end producers in Vosne-Romanée with a … [Read more...]
Visit Domaine Morey-Coffinet – tasting of the 2016s
The village of Chassagne-Montrachet offer a large range of fine producers - many producing high quality whites - but Domaine Morey-Coffinet seem to take the wines to a higher level than most in my view. Domaine Morey-Coffinet is managed by the … [Read more...]
Bruno Clavelier, Vosne-Romanée Aux Brûlées 2014
The Vosne-Romanée Aux Brûlées from Bruno Clavelier is showing quite beautifully - yet not quite rivalling the Chambolle Combe d'Orveau and the Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux-Monts. The nose offer cool red and dark fruits - spicy minerality with some smoky … [Read more...]
Bruno Clavelier, Chambolle Musigny La Combe d’Orveaux 2014
The Chambolle La Combe d'Orveaux 2014 is one of the most minerally charged wines I have tasted this year. The nose is quite closed compared to the other Clavelier 1er crus from 2014 and the dominant element is currently the strong limestone … [Read more...]
Vineyard Insight: Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses
Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses is the delight of Burgundy ... filigree, sensual, cool and refined. The female pendant to Musigny with the same type of regal minerality - yet more delicate and lightfooted - without the sheer power and depth of the … [Read more...]
Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne Les Grandes Ruchottes 2014
The Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes 2014 from Paul Pillot is a delightfully crisp 1er cru. The nose is cool and crystaline offering tremendous transparency og purity - with delicate white fruit and a cruchy minerality. On the palate lovely … [Read more...]
Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Cailleret 2010
The Chassagne Les Cailleret from Paul Pillot was sadly premoxed rather badly. Really a sad as the remaining contours of the wine indicate that this is a very fine effort - if i top form (Drink from ?) - Not Rated - (NR) Tasted 18/04/2017 … [Read more...]