Category: Burgundy
Burgundy
We had a dinner party last night which was not entirely successful. Our guests brought some lovely wines, but most of the stuff I opened was either awful or …
Burgundy
I’d like to wish all of my readers a happy new year. I hope you will be drinking fabulously well tonight; I know I will be. Meursault Tessons Clos …
Burgundy
We are drinking a couple of quite grand wines to celebrate new year, this one is certainly damned-good. New year is a good time for wine-lovers as all of …
Burgundy
We are having osso buco for dinner tonight, I thought a light red wine would go best with it. Volnay Premier Cru 2004, Marquis d’Angerville The fruit on the …
Burgundy
I really like Cyprien Arlaud’s wines normally, but this is remarkably dull. Morey-St-Denis Premier Cru les Ruchots 2000, Domaine Arlaud This smells reasonably rich and fruity; ripe, dark fruit. …
Burgundy
Roast goose for dinner tonight, and naturally roast goose goes with red and white Burgundy. The Lafon Meursault might be muy oaky, but it is a very fine wine. …
Burgundy
Some good stuff planned with dinner tonight. Riesling Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Auslese 1994, Fritz Haag This seems quite youthful on the nose. There is a great purity of fruit, but …
Burgundy
This afternoon I am drinking with a past captain of the Oxford blind tasting team. He lost when he was captain, I won. We finished off the Spätlese from …
Burgundy
Some friends dropped around yesterday and it ended up turning into a dinner party. Sadly all I could offer to eat was soup, that is all I am allowed …
Burgundy
We needed a better wine after the 1996 to keep us jolly into the evening, fortunately I had a bottle of the Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru les Cras 1995 from …
