Category: France
Rhône
I’m back drinking, hooray! I’ve slept for the last two nights and I haven’t thrown up in two days. This is excellent news, which together with the vast quantities …
Australia
Well, we’ll be eating steak tartare, and drinking all that is listed below. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clavoillon 2001, Domaine Leflaive This smells really toasty, with round, buxom lemony fruit …
Burgundy
Burgundy for heroes! Gevrey-Chambertin “Mes Favorites Vieilles Vignes” 2005, Domaine Alain Burguet A lovely, expressive nose of ripe black cherry fruit, smells divine. No distracting wood, this is pure …
Burgundy
The wine is delicious, though. My first taste of one of the Chavy son’s wines after Gerard died a few years ago. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru les Pucelles 2005, Domaine …
Chablis
This wine has had a lot of skin contact. Very different to the Fevre les Clos 05 I had in December. Chablis Grand Cru les Clos 2005, J-P & …
Burgundy
Much is talked about premature oxidation of white Burgundy, this doesn’t suffer from that in the slightest. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clos de la Mouchere 2001, Jean Boillot A lovely, …
Other
I do love Bandol. 1997 wasn’t a great vintage but I enjoyed this last time I had it and I am enjoying this now. Bandol Cuvee Speciale la Tourtine …
Champagne
Now I am going to be rude and turn my attention from the neighbours in order to write a quick note on this wine. It has been sitting in …
Other
I’ve just decanted the magnum of red we’ll be drinking with the neighbours tonight, seems better to write a tasting note now rather than be rude when they are …
Rhône
This smells really lovely, an excellent vintage from this excellent producer. Crozes-Hermitage “La Guiraude” 2005, Alain Graillot What a nose! Luxurious ripe fruit, real earthy complexity and flashes of …
