Tasted in Beaune with Frédèric Barnier, 02 March 2016, pictured right with Bruno (ex Lafon), chef de culture for the Côte de Beaune. Jadot have the monopoly of this 1er Cru, en fermage, (a long-term ...

Historically, this 2.5 hectare parcel of Clos des Chênes has always been classed as a wine for aging at the Château. This large parcel is on the right-hand side of the old track that runs up through ...

Tasted in Beaune with Véronique Drouhin, 24 March 2016. Actually, here is a bit more than just Clos des Chênes as we worked through a number of warm-up wines and then one warm-down wine! 2013 ...

BBC weather forecast was a washout – literally – fortunately the days on either-side were more than passable. Get up at 8:00am and you’ll find that many have been in the vines already for almost 2 ...

Tasted in Meursault with Nadine Gubin and Martin Prieur, 30 March 2016. The Clos des Santenots is a narrow but long strip of vines, enclosed by stout walls, and forms the last part of the Santenots ...

The Bourgogne wine industry welcomes the recognition of the protection of the Mâcon and Gevrey-Chambertin Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée (AOCs) in China. Coinciding with Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

In another place, I gave my answer to the differences, or positioning, of these two AOPs. Here are my thoughts – but what do you think? You can see all of these spellings on labels, the most common is ...

Not the domaine’s oldest vines but they are separated into a cuvée because it’s the birth year of both Céline & Frédéric! A more compact nose, still with citrus but the salinity is more to the fore ...

I still don’t know what I was thinking when I so enthusiastically tasted this wine in February – it was so juicily delicious and I had to have some. All the bottles at home have, however, shown quite ...

Open, and easy aromas – I think I may guess Chablis blind. In the mouth similar – a certain fluidity if concentration – but the extra 1er cru depth is sufficiently evident for the label. This is a ...

Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Jean Lupatelli, 30 October 2024. Pictured with Jean Luc Pepin (left) Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé 7 Rue Sainte-Barbe 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 03 80 62 86 25 ...

I’m very sorry to hear that we lost a good wine friend. Yesterday, Alex Brault left us tragically early. For a number of years, he was an integral part of Alex Gambal’s (yes, two Alexes!) operation in ...