Mature Rhones at The Chesil Rectory
1 August 2023
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We tried an array of mature Northern Rhones at The Chesil Rectory.
Category: Burgundy
A Bret Brothers Pouilly Climat 2021
10 April 2023
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Pouilly-Fuissé Climat En Carementrant 2021 from Bret Brothers is a taut, focussed wine of precision and balance.
2021 Burgundy from Clark-Foyster wines – a lament
17 January 2023
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A lament about red Burgundy based on a tasting of 2021 Burgundy by Clark Foyster Wines
From heaven to hell
15 June 2020
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Last Saturday, The Editor and I met our excellent friend Richard for lunch. He was the first appointment in our social calendar for three months and so it was …
Burgundy 2018 Cote de Nuits en primeur tasting of Clark Foyster Wines
23 January 2020
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This is a report on the Côte de Nuits 2018 Burgundies I tasted at the Clark Foyster wines en primeur event on the 17 January 2020. I would like …
Butch and bold
3 November 2019
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We had a few more wines last night, with our lovely friend Richard, but I wanted to concentrate on these two as they showed that butch can be beautiful. …
Very Volnay
12 July 2019
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I love Volnay, Clos des Chenes is a damned serious Premier Cru and 2009 is a top vintage. Even the producer, Jean-Marc Bouley, is a serious chap, although his …
Last Tuesday’s booze up
21 April 2019
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On Tuesday night The Editor and I hosted our lovely friend Richard for a dinner party. Unusually for us, it included no German Riesling, but we had plenty of …
Bold, brash, beautiful Burgundy
8 October 2018
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Firstly, I would like to start off by thanking James Leather for providing this bottle for review – thank you James, that was very kind of you. James would …
Levenberg’s lovely Nuits
3 September 2018
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This Nuits Premier Cru was a gift from the top chap Keith Levenberg; thanks Keith, your gift of Burgundies has provoked much mirth! Quite why this bottle has been …