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January 2008
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Rue d’Enfer
Posted: 03:10 PM ET, January 25, 2008
I was fortunate that Maison Joseph Drouhin president and CEO Frédérick Drouhin could see me last Friday afternoon. It was the last appointment I confirmed. As I approached Drouhin's offices on the Rue d’Enfer, I anticipated tasting through a range of 2006s. Read more
A Taste of Chassagne and Its Environs
Posted: 11:03 AM ET, January 24, 2008
Friday morning, early, found me at Domaine Bernard Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet. I knew some of the wines well from my days at Burgundy Wine Company in the early 1990s. Thomas Morey, son of the current proprietor, did a stage there not long after I had joined Wine Spectator. Read more
Burgundy 101
Posted: 04:00 AM ET, January 21, 2008
Tasting at Louis Jadot is like a lesson in Burgundy. There is an extensive range of wines, from Chablis to the Maconnais, with many serious appellations of the Côte d’Or represented in both red and white.
Best of all, you are in the hands of Jadot’s distinguished winemaker, Jacques Lardière, who, with his knowledge of the wines and their terroirs, guides you through the wines like an erudite professor of Burgundy. Read more
A Study In Terroir at Leroy and Chambolle-Musigny
Posted: 10:21 AM ET, January 19, 2008
Wednesday morning I drove to Vosne-Romanée for a visit with Lalou Bize-Leroy at Domaine Leroy.
Tasting chez Leroy is an interesting look at the characters of several villages, both in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, and from village to grand cru in the appellation hierarchy. Read more
The Grands Crus of Vosne-Romanée
Posted: 02:14 AM ET, January 18, 2008
Tuesday afternoon I was in Vosne-Romanée to visit Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, then to Beaune for a look at the 2006s from négociant Alex Gambal.
One of my favorite stops in January is the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, where the wines are strictly grands crus, from some of the best terroirs. Read more
Fine Tuning at Faiveley
Posted: 04:11 AM ET, January 17, 2008
[Note: Bruce Sanderson continues to report from Burgundy, where he is visiting domaines and tasting barrel samples from the 2006 harvest.]
With the addition of Bernard Hervet to the Maison Faiveley team, Erwan Faiveley is expanding the range and the fine-tuning the winemaking. Read more
Seductive Reds and Stellar Whites at Bouchard Père & Fils
Posted: 03:50 AM ET, January 16, 2008
[Note: Bruce Sanderson continues to report from Burgundy, where he is visiting domaines and tasting barrel samples from the 2006 harvest.]
My last appointment Monday was at Bouchard Père & Fils, where winemaker Philippe Prost and managing director Stéphane Follin-Arbelet showed me a range of 27 reds and 14 whites. Read more
Cool Wines
Posted: 04:14 AM ET, January 15, 2008
[Note: Bruce Sanderson continues to report from Burgundy, where he is visiting domaines and tasting barrel samples from the 2006 vintage.]
What I keep hearing is that 2006 is a “cool” vintage. Read more
Back in Burgundy
Posted: 03:28 AM ET, January 14, 2008
I’m back in Burgundy for a second look at the 2006 reds and whites. My first visit last June was an initial impression of the vintage as a whole. Now that the wines are at the end of their elevage, if not already bottled, I will be looking more closely at individual wines. Read more
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