At the end of our tasting of 2024s last week, François served up this beauty. I thought it worthy of a mention. Ooh – what a growth of complex, developed aroma already – such a great nose for a ...

Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses What an open nose, slightly jammy but with a swathe of floral interest too. Filling the mouth, very fluid, melting; currently in a mineral ...

Musigny 1er Les Feuselottes A meaty, fresh and still perfumed nose, in fact a perfume that grows in the glass. Wide, energetic, a density that compares to ...

Young colour. But this nose is not so young; freshness but also richness – slowly more floral – but some cushioned texture of- and the aroma of – middle-age. I find density to these flavours, so a ...

A new report is now online. Here. The April 2025 report has 34 producers and, mainly, their 2023s – though a few 2024s are starting to slip into the list … 2023 Beaujolais is largely over for me, but ...

A lesser seen label as it is typically more attractive to label as the village name – unless you are blending different village wines from the communes below… Commune(s) of production 16 communes ...

It is useless to talk about value, or indeed price in general, for the wines of this domaine. But there are lunchtime places in Côte d’Or where these wines are ‘accessible’ for well below retail price ...

A width of energetic, already slightly developed nose – super inviting. A wine that melts over the palate, juicy, mineral, melting and even a touch creamy. What a wonderfully delicious wine – bravo… ...

Two UK gentlemen addressing the concierge of a Beaune hotel: “We have a tasting visit booked for tomorrow morning at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. We wonder if you could call them on our behalf to ...

Commune(s) of production Côte-d’Or, Beaune: Not to be confused with Côte de Beaune Villages which is for the villages neighbouring Beaune, but not Beaune itself. This label is for Beaune climats ...

A hot year – you could say quite a dry one – but, as you can see, not dry finishing for the later pickers. The rain was quite strong in the Côte d’Or in the early morning of today. By 09h00 it had ...