Archive for the ‘Burgundy’ Category
A Tasting at Flint Wines
Posted by Frank Ward on December 3, 2019
Posted in Burgundy | Tagged: 2017 vintage, Burgundy, Flint Wines | Leave a Comment »
CHALLENGE BURGUNDY
Posted by Frank Ward on March 20, 2019
Posted in Burgundy | Tagged: Andrew Jefford, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Charles Rousseau, Decanter, Duncan Richford, Ernest Hemingway, Fordwich Arms | Leave a Comment »
Vincent LEFLAIVE – Passion & Humanity
Posted by Frank Ward on February 19, 2019
Posted in Burgundy, Wine Personalities | Tagged: Anne Claude Leflaive, Burgundy, Clive Coates, Cuisine et Vins de France, Domaine Leflaive, Frederick Wildman & sons, Joseph Leflaive, Le Montrachet, marquis d'angerville, Puligny-Montrachet, Vincent Leflaive | Leave a Comment »
The Master of Montrachet
Posted by Frank Ward on September 30, 2018
Posted in Burgundy, Oenophilia | Tagged: Alexandre Dumas, André Simon, anthony goldthorp, Burgundy, Connoisseur magazine, Hugh Johnson, Marquis de Laguiche, Mme Bize-Leroy, Montrachet, O.W. Loeb, Pierre Forgeot, Pierre Poupon, Ramonet, The Wines of Burgundy | Leave a Comment »
Tasting of 2015 Burgundies from Top Estates
Posted by Frank Ward on April 22, 2018
Posted in Burgundy, Tasting notes | Tagged: 26 mars 2018, Anne Claude Leflaive, Burgundy, Domaines Familiaux de Bourgogne, Jean-Claude Vrinat, Le Pavillon Ledoyen, Nathalie Tollot, Taillevent, Vincent Leflaive | Leave a Comment »
Memories of Charles Rousseau
Posted by Frank Ward on June 27, 2016
June 2016. I felt a real pang when I heard of the recent death of Charles Rousseau, of Domaine Armand Rousseau, at the age of 93. He was not just a great vigneron and wine-maker, he was also a man of exceptional warmth and humanity. I’d known him for more than 35 years. When I first met Charles Rousseau in the early 1980s, he gave me a splendid tasting of the Domaine’s wines (in the underrated 1980 vintage – excellent in the Côte de Nuits as well as in the Rhône). [….]
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Burgundy Part II : From Chorey to Gevrey Chambertin
Posted by Frank Ward on January 10, 2016
January 2016. DOMAINE TOLLOT BEAUT. Based in the hamlet of Chorey Les Beaune, this respected domaine has 25 hectares of vines and makes a total of 16 different wines, two of them white: a humble generic, Bourgogne Blanc, and an illustrious Grand Cru, Corton-Charlemagne. On the red side, at entry level, they make an excellent Bourgogne Rouge (which can improve for 4-8 years, sometimes more) while other reds include two different Choreys, two Savigny Premiers Crus, several Aloxe Cortons including two Premiers Crus, two Beaune Premiers Crus, and two Grand Cru Cortons – a Corton tout simple and Corton-Bressandes. We’re received by Olivier Tollot, in charge of viticulture [….]
Posted in Burgundy, Tasting notes | Tagged: 2014, 2015 Beaune Clos du Roi, Burgundy, Chorey les Beaune, Clos des Rosiers, Domaine Armand Rousseau, Domaine Chantal Remy, Domaine Dujac, Domaine Trapet, Gevrey Chambertin, Jacques Seysses, Jean Louis trapet, Morey St Denis, Olivier Tollot, Tollot Beaut | Leave a Comment »
Three Puligny Domaines in 2013 & 2014
Posted by Frank Ward on November 22, 2015
November 2015. ETIENNE SAUZET. Gérard Boudot, sympathetic and close to his vines and wines, has been in charge here for over thirty years. Among many superlative wines, including a whole range of Premier and Grand Cru whites, he makes a Bourgogne Blanc from three separate plots, one of which – Les Combes – has 60-year-old vines. The rest are younger, some only a dozen years old. They’re all vinified in barrel, none of which is new, and have been used for two to four vintages. [….]
Posted in Burgundy, Tasting notes | Tagged: Anne Claude Leflaive, biodynamism, Brice de la Morandière, Burgundy, Domaine François Carillon, Domaine Leflaive, Etienne Sauzet, Gérard Boudot, Les Pucelles, Puligny | Leave a Comment »
July Samplings in Kent
Posted by Frank Ward on August 31, 2014
August 2014. The month of July got off to an excellent start with another evening with our friends Keith and Clare Powis in their home near Whistable. To accompany a sequence of dishes – pea soup, guinea fowl, an assortment of cheeses, and dessert – we had a fascinating sequence of wines from a whole range of vintages, regions, and countries. As aperitif, a forceful, full-bodied Perrier-Jouet Belle Époque which showed great richness but was (to my taste) unduly bitter. A Margaret Thatcher of a wine, it brooked no opposition and took over full control of the palate.
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Tasting 13 mature wines from Domaine de la Romanée Conti
Posted by Frank Ward on May 24, 2014
May 2014. In vinous terms, the commune of Vosne-Romanée has often been described as the jewel in Burgundy’s crown. In particular, the wines from Domaine de la Romanée Conti (DRC), based in that commune, are possibly the most sought-after reds in the entire world. They are also astronomically expensive. This means that scarcely anybody who is not extremely wealthy ever gets a chance to taste them. Or even to sniff the cork. And that’s just the young vintages.
Posted in Burgundy, Mature wines, Tasting notes | Tagged: Aubert de Villaine, Burgundy, Christie's, Domaine de la Romanée Conti, DRC, Emile Peynaud, La Tache, Richebourg | Leave a Comment »