Burgundy-Report – The people, the place, their wines…
WEB04-2024. The April 2024 issue of Burgundy-Report. 14 domaines from the Côte d'Or plus 22 (mainly) Beaujolais domaines to add to the 80 from Beaujolais that were published in the February 2024 report – just one moving to the 2023 vintage: Part 1: The Beaujolais (& environs) Producers. First, new here:
17. A Burgundy Vintage Chart – Burgundy-Report
WEBAnd, of-course, also updating the tables for both Chablis and Beaujolais. The Côte d’Or whites in particular show the difficulty of generalised scores – there are 2018 whites that are absolutely 19/20 – so you may think that at the top-end, the quality of the vintage is the same as in 2017. Actually there are far fewer 19/20 wines in ...
2022 Beaujolais Nouveau – as good as it gets! - Burgundy-Report
WEBNov 8, 2022 · The 2022 vintage: The 2021-2022 winter was long and, compared to most of the recent years, relatively cold. Frosts were commonplace until the beginning of April so probably because of that, budburst – in the second half of April – was relatively late. At this time, the domaines were already noting a lack of rain in the vineyards.
Reports – Burgundy-Report
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Reports. A new Burgundy Report is online…. By billn on August 16, 2024 #reports. The May 2024 issue of Burgundy-Report30 domaines from across the whole of greater Burgundy, still on the 2022 vintage: A good mix of Chablis, Côte d’Or and some Mâconnais and Beaujolais too. That’s the visits from around 380 domaines already published since ...
Big Red Diary – Burgundy-Report
WEBSep 26, 2024 · The May 2024 issue of Burgundy-Report. 30 domaines from across the whole of greater Burgundy, still on the 2022 vintage: A good mix of Chablis, Côte d’Or and some Mâconnais and Beaujolais too. That’s the visits from around 380 domaines already published since we finished last year’s harvest…. I hope you enjoy – here.
12-2023 – Burgundy-Report
WEB12-2023 – Burgundy-Report. The December 2023 issue of Burgundy-Report. The fourth of my larger reports with a 2022 focus: Part 4 The Reds of the Côte de Nuits. From my last report: My 2022 Vintage Report – Whites and Reds together! The Producers. Mainly these reds are from the 2022 vintage, occasional producers preferring – or it's ...
2021 – Burgundy-Report
WEBDec 30, 2021 · The 2020 white burgundy report (part 2) now online. By billn on December 23, 2021 #reports. Beautiful 2020 Corton-Charlemagne…. Just a heads-up to let you know that this report is now online. Together with part one which covered domaines from the Mâconnais to Bouzeron, that’s now 61 white (mainly) domaines published.
Burgundy 2021 – the facts and figures… – Burgundy-Report
WEBOct 8, 2021 · Burgundy 2021 – the facts and figures…. – Burgundy-Report. 8.10.2021 billn. I’ve had this for a couple of months, so it’s remiss of me not to have already posted it. So here (the image, right, is also linked) are the key facts and figures of slightly greater Burgundy as released by the BIVB in July of this year. I say slightly greater ...
February’s Burgundy Report – Part 1
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Here As promised, the first part of my 2022 Beaujolais Report. I visited about 80 domaines in February, all of which will be included in my final February report. To avoid long periods with no obvi…
Vintage 2021 – Burgundy-Report
WEBJun 21, 2022 · And a few notes from Ludivine about the vintage 2021: “ The frost wasn’t the first real ‘act’ of the weather in 2021 – that was the heat at the end of March which brought 26-28°C in the vines. This was the cause of the early growth of the vines which exacerbated the effect of the frost at the start of April.