Category: Burgundy
Burgundy
But white this time. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clos du Cailleret 1999, Domain des Lambrays Intense nose of nuts and stone. Really powerful and weighty, complex and intense. The palate …
Burgundy
Volnay Premier Cru les Mitans 1993, Hubert de Montille This has an exceptionally beautiful nose of raspberries and soft earth. It has a very sedate level of alcohol (12% …
Austria
A lovely birthday meal last night, with plenty of people present who I am lucky enough to count among my friends. We ate well and drank exceptionally well. Krug …
Burgundy
It is my birthday soon, sadly. A few friends are meeting up for a nice meal and the wines have already been decided upon. Oddly there will be a …
Burgundy
This is a good wine, but it is perilously lacking in charm. I realise it is terribly young, but I do wonder whether this will become lovely with age. …
Burgundy
Nuits is slightly earthier, more meaty and generally butch than wines from my favourite Burgundy villages. However, a good example will still have elegance and balance, and this is …
Burgundy
Much better than the last bottle of white Burgundy I had to fight my way through. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru La Garenne 2002, Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet The nose is very …
Burgundy
… but someone usually hands me a glass of something good once I’ve got my breath back. Oh yes, oh yes, it is another offering from Morey St Denis, …
Burgundy
This is not going to be a tasting note, it is going to be a rant. Partly because I feel so personally offended by this wine, but largely because …
Burgundy
I was so disappointed by the Leeuwin Estate Shiraz I decided to open something I knew would be good. Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 2002, Domaine des Lambrays I …