Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is deep and oaky; dark, sweet oak rather than overt toast and there’s not a trace of vintage cedar. In the mouth it is similarly dominated by the oak. Certainly ...

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 ...

Right: Chablis Grenouilles early April 2025… A new report is now online. Here. The April 2025 report has 34 producers and, mainly, their 2023s – though a few 2024s are starting to slip ...

For a vintage finishing in ‘3’ – i.e. 2023 – the vigneron(ne)s are very happy; quantity together with quality has been their mantra. Given what was to follow in 2024, they are particularly thankful ...

Aiming for a balance between the bright new things and the things you either can’t afford or can’t get hold of 🙂 My first tranche of appointments, including a little terroir insight, though mainly ...

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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 ...

The 2021-2022 winter was long and, compared to most of the recent years, relatively cold. Frosts were commonplace until the beginning of April so probably because of that, budburst – in the second ...

Tasted with Dominique Piron in Corcelles-en-Beaujolais, 24 April 2024. Clos du Vieux Bourg – Domaine Viticole SAS Dom. du Vieux Bourg 880 Rue de la Mairie 69220 Corcelles-en-Beaujolais Tel: +33 4 26 ...

Commune(s) of production 16 communes north and south of Beaune: Côte-d’Or: Auxey-Duresses, Blagny, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Ladoix-Serrigny ...

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 ...

It’s true – I’ve bored you enough about a year that has experienced wave after wave of rain – but with some nice sunny days too. Unfortunately, for many producers, the balance has seemed to be more in ...