Category: France
Burgundy
Picking the best bottle I own is more problematic than deciding that Mambourg from Deiss is horrible; what constitutes the best? Heroic formats can be compelling. I have a …
Alsace
In the early nineties Jean-Michel Deiss was making spell-binding, exciting, thrilling Riesling; I snapped up all I could find and afford. Then, for some presumably psychotic reason, he decided …
Burgundy
An excellent bottle from the much-missed Philippe Engel. He made extremely good wines and didn’t charge the earth for them. Echezeaux Grand Cru 1999, Domaine Rene Engel By arse …
Burgundy
This may not be the most grand of the Dujac wines I’ve been lucky enough to try over the past 15 or so years, but by arse we are …
Rhône
Gentaz-Dervieux was the great old man of the Cote-Rotie. I feel privileged to have had many vintages from the 70s and 80s whilst at Oxford (many thanks to Paul …
Burgundy
Lawks, it has been a while since I last popped a bottle and wrote it up. I hope you forgive the hiatus. Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru les Caillerets 2006, Marc …
Buying recommendations
I was looking through my cellar list and was pleased to see that I’ve got quite a few bottles of Hermitage. I love Hermitage. I recently got a bottle …
Burgundy
I am drinking this with Peter Palmer, another ex-captain of the Oxford blind tasting team, and what a good time we are having drinking it. Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru Combe …
Alsace
Lovely wines from Jean Boxler, especially his Rieslings. This is my last report from my holiday; I hope you have found them to be instructive. Pinot Blanc “A” 2006 …
Alsace
A couple of bottles squeezed in between tastings. Riesling Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergbieten 2002, Frederic Mochel A reasonable pleasing nose of fruit which, together with its creaminess, suggest …
