Burgundy Archive

and they’re off……

First blog entry since the site has gone live although there are plenty of blogs from the last few months - Dinners, Tastings, Burgundy trips etc - I have been getting things ready for a while!! It’s been a hell of a week. Last Friday saw the release of Domaine Leflaive 2008...
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Burgundy – Day 5 – d’Angerville and Clos de Tart

As the photos below suggest our last morning was a cold, foggy and damp one….I had been looking forward to both the day’s visits - d’Angerville and Close de Tart - as I have recently met both Guillaume d’Angerville and Sylvain Pitiot in London and both struck me as charming...
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Burgundy – Day 4 – Négociant, Varoilles part 2, Darnat & Cyrot Buthiau

The sun was well and truly out again, first visit was at a Négociant house we don’t deal with but that we had been asked to visit / taste at by a UK contact. The wines were good and as the range is wide and the use of oak subdued...
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Burgundy – Day 3 – Trapet, Javillier, Rossignol Trapet, de Vogüé & Lafarge

Bit misty this morning but it burnt off eventually. As for day 2 we started in Gevrey - Domaine Trapet was first up with Jean-Louis and Andree as welcoming as ever. The tasting was big (24 wines) and diverse. There is so much to like about the Trapet wines, Jean-Louis’ inquisitive...
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Burgundy – Day 2 – Roty, O.Leflaive & Bonneau du Martray

The day broke with blue skies again, perfect for getting the all importance sense of location and space. The autumn colours were showing every vineyard in a different shade, a real patchwork effect. On route to our first tasting we were stopping at signposts to take pictures for the marketing...
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Burgundy – Day 1 – Jourdan, Arlot, Matrot, Varoilles and Ch de La Tour

Having arrived in Dijon on Sunday afternoon via the Eurostar the evening was spent planning the week: tastings and visits, charging cameras, laptops and phones. Alison (C&B Buyer) has been many times before but as it was my first visit I was less sure what to expect. Day 1 En route to...
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A great meal……..14 bts of quality….well 13

Tuesday was UGC (Union de Grand Cru) day when the trade and press gathers to taste the recently bottle vintage in this case 2007. I felt the wines were better than I expected. My picks of the reds were Domaine de Chevalier, Gazin, La Lagune and Leoville Poyferre. The sweet whites were...
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Olivier Leriche – Dom de L’Arlot…plus Ascot Day 1

Olivier Leriche has been with Arlot since 1998 and has gradually taken over all the winemaking. The estate has run on a fully Biodynamic basis since 2000. The style is atypical for Nuits-Saint-Georges in that it is all about femininity and elegance, there is no quest for dark colours or...
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Olivier Leflaive Tasting and Dinner…

On Tuesday night we had an Olivier Leflaive Tasting and Masterclass dinner at the Groucho Club. First a bit of background…..O. Leflaive was started in 1984 by Olivier Leflaive, a négociant arm (well it’s totally a separate company) of the same family as Domaine Leflaive, Olivier Leflaive is a négociant who...
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Clos de Tart Dinner 26/3/09

A write-up below of a memorable event back in March. Has the Tart Risen??......27 March 2009 Slightly cloudy head this morning, one of those “not hungover but can’t concentrate on anything for long” mornings……and the cause? Last night was our “Launch” of Clos de Tart as our newest exclusive agency and what...
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