Tasting Notes

I went on a Burgundy trip to the vineyards with my daughter Capucine recently. Here are my tasting notes for Alexandre Dubuet Pommard Les deux Terroirs 2022, whole harvests: A lot of substance, great fruit, […]

The evening of initiation of the Japanese palate to the greatest of French wines.  Allow me to transport you back in time to the year of 1990, in the beginning of the autumn. In the

MY TASTING NOTES  9th july 2020  Very nice, very concentrated, quite a lot of alcohol, a lot of tannins, a lot of fruit. Dense and has a great future I think, today for the beginners

My friend Adrian Latimer wrote a fascinating post, here is my shorter version. For Adrian’s entire post, see below. In the realm of wine history, there’s a fascinating tale that connects Bordeaux, England, and even

MY TASTING NOTES 26th  may 2020 Full of fruit, a bit sweet, concentrated, balanced but this time the wood comes out a lot, much more than in the other 2 tastings that I did before

A dream, perfect, the softness and refined fruit so typical of 2019, but then the terroir, this refined backbone of tannins, that will be needed in time for graceful ageing. In this it is like

A question which is often asked by wine lovers is when they should drink the wines they own.  The other day, I was drinking a glass of Sarget of Gruaud larose 2016, of which I

A year ago, I eagerly purchased four bottles of Baron de Brane 2015, the fabulous second wine from Brane Cantenac. My hopes were high, and with great anticipation, I carefully stored them in my cellar.

I read with a lot of interest a piece written by Aubert de Villaine in Terroir Sense Wine Review. In this article, he is describing how the extremely difficult weather in 2021 had a catastrophic