I always love this from a field blend on the wrong side of town, Bonnencontre, that’s in nowheresville, 31km east of Dijon, far on the other side of fancy Burgundy.... read more →
“What about that?” Hervé, the man helping with a Beaune-side blind tasting, asked about the crud floating around. I explained to him that the wine wasn’t filtered. It’s not a... read more →
Meet one of the winners of the outsider Burgundy night that Pascaline and I officiated over at Rouge Tomate. Giles is based in Morey St. Denis with scattered plots around... read more →
This is 100% whole cluster and packed with finesse and gorgeousness. It’s encouraging to find a Vosne domaine that works with low sulfur, none during fermentation and only during the... read more →
This domaine continues to come into its own as Pablo and his brother do less in the cellar and give more love to their land. Here, the vines are over... read more →
Irancy is a little-seen appellation in the Auxerrois region of northern Burgundy (think Chablis). So many of the wines from there show coarse tannic rusticity, but not this one. With... read more →
The first time I had this vintage was in fast-talking Philippe Valette’s Mâcon-Chaintré’s cellar–okay, let’s call it his man cave. We sat near his barrels in a sectioned-off den-like area... read more →
North of Chaintré in Viré-Clessé, the vines are 65+ years of age. The wine is medium bodied with a distinct Valette-like density of fruit. While this wine is a little... read more →
Pierre farms three different parcels of vines with over 60+ years of age in the Haute Côte de Beaune, above Pommard, on the typical red clay soils. Inspired by ancient... read more →
The grand duke of natural wine, Jules Chauvet’s family vineyards in La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, still bear fruit. Some of it goes right into the famille Joubert’s cuverie. Here we go with... read more →