Peter, Founder of Peter Thustrup L’Amateur de Vin, is a passionate wine lover and tastes wines on a daily basis.
Some of these tastings include wines such as Romanée Conti, Petrus and more. Others wines are everyday wines, which bring Peter inspiration and delight. Here is a short selection of some of his recent as well as older tasting notes. Find a wine for each occasion as well as which wines to fill your cellar with.
If you are interested in Peter’s more prestigious tastings, read about his Romanée-Conti tastings and his Petrus tastings.
Wine of the Month: Pommard les deux terroirs 2022
Trip to Burgundy with my daughter Capucine, November 2023.
Alexandre Dubuet Pommard Les deux Terroirs 2022, whole harvest: A lot of substance, great fruit, a hint of bitterness, perhaps something temporary…
The fruit has more volume, while remaining from the Côte de Beaune, a Pommard, so it does not have the richness of a Chambolle, it is much more fine and structured. We have a fruit that is more limited but with wonderful spices.
Pommards are wines that have a fairly high alcohol content of 13.4 to 14%, but we don’t feel it at all, perhaps due to the fact that they are whole harvests… Which means that the ripe stalks make the wine. It’s very good, and the alcohol is almost invisible, whereas a Spanish wine with a high alcohol content will tend to knock me out… I don’t think it’s purely the alcohol that knocks you out in a wine, it must be something else too…. In any case here, the winemaker has nicely balanced all that with his whole harvest.
Very pretty, and will be even better in 5-10 years.
Chambolle Musigny 2019
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 Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses made by Mugnier and Roumier.
But it has not “Amoureuses” on the label.
It has a “reasonable” price, €160. Roumier Chambolle Amoureuses is , sit down, €6.000
As Guide Michelin states for exceptional restaurants and as the french say: “Vaux le voyage”.
9th November 2022: Saint Emilion, Clos Saint Julien 2019.
Click on the following title to listen to Peter’s audio tasting note:
Audio note: Clos Saint Julien 2019 Saint Emilion
Winter 2021: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱
Follow up on the tasting from last summer when it was lovely but very young. This winter, I saw a bottle in my cellar, and being notoriously impatient, I was tempted to give it another try. Still great class, refined, dense, balanced, and a long vibrant finish. But still 5 to 10 years away from its peak. Now I give it 92 points but potentially a 95 in 5 years. Almost first growth quality if you like the refined style like lafite rothschild but for 20% of the price.
Reminder of Summer 2020
1st day : Very dense, very great wine but needs time
2nd day: A little bit the same, I’m a bit surprised, it hasn’t softened very much but it’s very complex, very saturated, even a little sweet and I would say it has a great future but you really need to give it time, we’ll see tomorrow.
3rd day: Very powerful, a lot of alcohol, density, fruit but not ready at all. It’s impressive but not really enjoyable please wait. It’s a 90 points potentially a 95. But the 95 is very theoretical. It also has been transported and it is pretty hot outside so maybe this is not a representative tasting.
5 juin 2021: IDDA GAJA ETNA ROSSO 2019
Grape: Nerello Mascalese. I love the soft but at the same time spicy and exciting wines from Etna, Sicily. What is surprising is this contradiction. When tasting it all is well, all melts in together. But not more than one glass, please. Be careful, It is like a a carnaval you enter, like a trip you enjoy but when you “wake up” of the dream, you need some time to recover. After a glass in a restaurant, I had to wait 20 minutes, I could not walk, and I do a lot of wine training for the beginner this could be a challenge.
7 april 2021: 𝗚𝗘𝗩𝗥𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲, 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼̂𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀.
Thierry Mortet is a winemaker from Gevrey Chambertin, in Burgundy, strangely little known and I never understood why. Maybe that’s because he is a quiet man. He makes subtle refined wines, balanced and always with a beautiful finish. It’s classic Burgundies that respect tradition and that reflect the soil, “ Le Terroir”.
First day:
Transparent and light but intense colour with a clear rim, which shows it’s a great wine. Seducing, fragrant nose, and in the mouth spicy exiting fruit, very dry, very concentrated and intense with a long dry finish. I love this vintage; it’s very exotic, and Thierry Mortet has once again made a great wine in this very difficult but potentially amazing vintage. To tell the whole truth, after tasting this wine this time, I called Thierry and bought another 24 bottles for my future enjoyment. 93 points maybe 94 tomorrow
2nd Day:
Stored open in the fridge as always. Still a lot of fruit and tannins, it resembles a little bit his lesser wine, the Gevrey Chambertin village, but this one, “Vignes Belles” has more complexity and took a little bit more time to open up. 94 points
7th Day:
Of course a lot of fruit has disappeared but it’s still very balanced. But no hint of oxidation or any kind of fault, still very nice, balanced nice subtle fruit. Quite amazing after being open for 7 days ! I think this is going to be an amazing wine, it will age fantastically and be delicious and very interesting. 95 points
6 feb 2021: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬
𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽, 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 !
I already tasted this wine in June and wasn’t impressed. I thought it would need to age but today my wife, Rose Marie and I had it for lunch today and it’s amazing. It is, of course, still young, 10 years old which isn’t a lot but it has a lot of fruit, it’s very refined and dense, delicious really ! A little bit of sweetness, length and balance. (spontaneously I now give it 98 points). It’s really, really good. It is not seducing, or trying to please, but full of subdued and dense fruit if you have a little patience. It’s a wine that you can drink with a lot of pleasure day after day, it will always surprise you. But maybe the price doesn’t permit this. And yet, I think this is one of the best wines I had this month. So my advice is: Save money on other non essential items, and invest in pleasure !
95/98 points
Well as I expected, it’s such a delicious wine, so I finished the bottle, I don’t know if this was a good idea but I couldn’t stop myself, it was a fantastic experience.
16 january 2021: 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵
It’s Sunday, Rose Marie and I had to finish some photos of her paintings, but we were not at all inspired. So I plunged into the wine cellar, and found this Mouton Rothchild 1959. The wine infused us with joy and energy, the work turned into pure pleasure. The color now at the opening is incredible, warm deep red with a little bit of brique on the edges showing very little aging. In the beginning a nice nose, a little bit of fruit, very discrete, but still hiding its charms. In the mouth, a little bit the same thing, it’s very nice, it’s balanced, has a nice fruit with a nice ending. Nothing really impressive except its age, obviously as I just opened the bottle, I believed it would have nice surprises in the coming hour.
30 min in:
Well now it’s opening up! The nose is developing some sweetness, showing nice luscious but extremely classy fruit. It stands apart from the refined fragrance of a Lafite Rothschild and the decadent seduction of a Haut Brion. In the mouth the complexity is now showing its face, nice black fruit, dense but ripe seducing tannins, soft but firm and a nice subtle delicious finish. The ending isn’t impressive, it is not extremely long, but it has a complete harmony in the total wine, from beginning to end, so impressive and so wonderful that we were just amazed. 100 points also for the achievement to still be around.
I will remember this wine.
12 July 2020: 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱:
Very dense, very great wine but needs time.
13th july same bottle
A little bit the same, I’m a bit surprised, it hasn’t softened very much but it’s very complex, very saturated, even a little sweet and I would say it has a great future but you really need to give it time, we’ll see tomorrow.
15th july same bottle
Very powerful, a lot of alcohol, density, fruit but not ready at all. It’s impressive but not really enjoyable. It will be more of an enjoyment in the future. 90 points potentially a 95. But the 95 is very theoretical. It also has been transported and it is pretty hot outside so maybe this is not a representative tasting.
JANCIS ROBINSON’S TASTING NOTE: 25th january 2019
Tasted blind. Shiny deep crimson. Pretty smart and intense on the nose. Rather subtle and glorious. Very difficult to spit because it’s so suave and layered. Good freshness and so active under the aroma. Meaty but not at all reduced. Complète. 18/20
THE WINE ADVOCATE- ROBERT PARKER’ TASTING NOTE: Taster Lisa Perotti-Brown: 21st February 2018
The 2015 Brane-Cantenac is medium to deep garnet-purple in colour with a nose of crushed blackberries and chocolate-covered cherries with touches of fried herbs and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, refreshing and elegant in the mouth, with chewy tannins it has a herbal lift on the finish (Otis lift ?) 92/100
9th july 2020: 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲
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 it may be a little difficult because it’s so dense. It has an enormous potential. 90+ points potentially 93 points
14th july 2020:
The wine has been kept outside of the fridge and there is very little left. It has lost nothing, it’s still very dense, the color is almost black, it has a vibrant and very powerful fruit, a little bit volatile but that’s normal after being kept outside of the fridge, no cork, nothing for 6 days. However the volatility is very low, so it’s very nice, still extremely concentrated, a lot of tannins, typically St Estèphe. It needs and will give a lot of pleasure in 10-15 years maybe even 20. It is an amazing wine ! And on top it is not an expensive wine, 30 euros, for this quality I would pay 50 euros. 95/100
Jancis Robinson’s tasting note: 23d january 2020
Tasted blind. Very dark crimson. Intense Indian ink on the nose. Give me my calligraphy pen ! Rich and round. Very glamorous. So much effort has gone into every drop of this …. VGV. 18.5/20
The Wine Advocate’s tasting note: Taster Lisa Perotti-Brown: 30th November 2018
The deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Meyney has a nose of cassis, tar, earth and bay leaves with redcurrants. The medium-bodied palate is a little lean and herbal, with firm, grainy tannins. 87/100
21st of june 2020, Restaurant Villa Mas, Catalonia, Spain: 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗦-𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 ?
Try Christophe Roumier’s magical wines. Christophe Roumier is one of my absolute favourite winemakers in Burgundy. Many of his wines have an exceptional taste, but he is unique in that he goes one step further: His wines can give you a spiritual experience.
Day 1,
Amazing fruit, still young, far from its peak and vibrant at the opening. After 20 minutes, it starts to open up, but stays dry, magnificent and electric. I once called the Roumier wines almost spiritual, and this wine is really like this, this is what Christophe Roumier sometimes can achieve. When you taste this wine, it is not only giving you an exceptional tasting experience, but it also transports you into another reality. To completely enjoy this wine you should taste it with only one or two persons, and the focus of the dinner should be the wine. Roumier Ruchottes-Chambertin 2013 transforms your mind. Taste 95 points. Feeling afterwards 100 points
Day 2 :
I didn’t retaste the wine the next day, but the memory of the evening, thanks to the wine, was fantastic. I don’t think I have spent such a joyful evening in years. Even the persons who did not taste the Ruchottes Chambertin 2013 were in the same euphoric state as my wife and I. An amazing energy.
Summer 2020: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱
1st day : Very dense, very great wine but needs time
2nd day: A little bit the same, I’m a bit surprised, it hasn’t softened very much but it’s very complex, very saturated, even a little sweet and I would say it has a great future but you really need to give it time, we’ll see tomorrow.
3rd day: Very powerful, a lot of alcohol, density, fruit but not ready at all. It’s impressive but not really enjoyable please wait. It’s a 90 points potentially a 95. But the 95 is very theoretical. It also has been transported and it is pretty hot outside so maybe this is not a representative tasting.
Winter 2021: Follow up on the tasting from last summer when it was lovely but very young. This winter, I saw a bottle in my cellar, and being notoriously impatient, I was tempted to give it another try. Still great class, refined, dense, balanced, and a long vibrant finish. But still 5 to 10 years away from its peak. Now I give it 92 points but potentially a 95 in 5 years. Almost first growth quality if you like the refined style like lafite rothschild but for 20% of the price.
3rd may 2020: GRAND-PUY-LACOSTE 2016
This was the first time I tasted this wine. This is an amazing wine, it has concentration, balance and class. It’s a little bit sweet which I don’t really like but it comes from the natural ripeness of the fruit in this very excellent vintage. It has a length and a very vibrant finish as well a very fine acidity lingering on for more than half a minute in the mouth. Despite this very fruity and concentrated wine, you feel the minerality lingering behind at all times, which gives it a very nice, fresh but impressive concentrated finish. 93 points. Potentially 97 points
17th may 2020
It’s fantastic, round, dense, a lot of potential but is already today amazing. It’s a pure pleasure to drink it. I think this is a wine that can be drunk now but also in another 20 years. This wine has a little bit of vanilla, and a little bit of wood that comes out. My wife Rose Marie found it to be a trifle young, but I really enjoyed it. 95 points
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 earlier this month. In fact it is a little bit bothering, very prominent, I don’t know why, as the outside temperature today, and the temperature of the bottle are the same and we eat the same kind of food, vegetables, as always. I opened it up for lunch, also having it for dinner and it’s the same, it’s very very woody so I guess something happened perhaps during the bottling or maybe it comes from the cork, or dust or bacteria in the bottle. But it still has a great potential, just surprised that it’s so different from the other bottles and they all come from the same case… 90+? Points
JANCIS ROBINSON’S TASTING NOTES: 23th of january 2020
Tasted blind. rich and savory, even slightly toasty, immediately appealing nose. Perhaps not the most noble but very flashy. 17.5/20
THE WINE ADVOCATE- ROBERT PARKER’S TASTING NOTES: Taster Lisa Perotti-Brown: 30th november 2018
The deep coloured 2016 Grand Puy Lacoste gives up pure kirsch and red and black currants with violet and baking spices. Medium-bodied, firm and grainy, it’s very expressive with good concentration and length. 94+
13th April 2020: Pegau Châteauneuf du Pape réservé 2005
Dark, a little bit brique color and “larmes” (tears) on the edges of the glass.
Bottle just opened, nice fruit with a dry after taste, nose is developing and it is very nice, fruit and spices in the mouth. Everything integrates, the fruit witht the tannins and the acidity , in a very nice but powerfull way, it’s a very nice wine , not as heavy as a normal Châteauneuf du Pape but it’s still what it is. It’s pleasant and suprisingly light in the sense of feeling afterwards no headache, nothing. Very delightfull.
90 points
12th April 2020: Remoissenet Beaune-Teurons 2014
As expected, refined not complex at the opening, from a lean vintage so needs time in the glass and also to wait an other 5 years for it to come around. But Very nice, Not full but lean fruit and nice fresh finish 87 points
Second day: Has opened up a bit, it’s really delicious still dry, has this double problem of being Côtes de Beaune & 2014 in both ways not wines that are very charming. Can be very sofisticated but not depth & complexity of the Côtes de Nuit. This is a good wine, well made, i am very pleased with it, it will last an other 10 years easily. 89 points
4th day: The wine is delicious, it’s dry, very nice pinot noir taste, perfect balance but dry as 2014 is a dry year.
But still very enjoyable, very nice to drink, it is not an admirable wine. But definetly 89 points.
5th day: Really nice Pinot Noir taste, dry but balanced, seems young so i think it can age a little bit more. This is a bit herbal, not very sunny vintage but they’ve done a good job , it’s very very nice. In 1O years more it would probably be okay. 89 points.
8 april 2020: Farr Vintners Pauillac 2012
3rd wine of Château Latour.
Very dark color, the rims are degraded but young, red, color but not beginning to come to it’s top.
Balanced, ripe but a lot of subtle power. You feel it’s from young vines, not a very sofisticated Bordeaux but has a lot of density.
It’s classical, good, could age for another 5 years easily.
Gives a lot of pleasure & compares very well with wines which are the double in price. 88 points (20 min in)
The wine is full, quite complex, exciting in fact you have a lot of spices, fruits & so on. It’s really nice, good length & good fruit in the middle. Very surprised of the price, well worth it’s money. 90 points
11th April 2020
3rd wine of Château Latour.
Very dark color, the rims are degraded but young, red, color but not beginning to come to it’s top.
Balanced, ripe but a lot of subtle power. You feel it’s from young vines, not a very sophisticated Bordeaux but has a lot of density.
It’s classical, good, could age for another 5 years easily.
Gives a lot of pleasure & compares very well with wines which are double in price. 88 points (20 min in)
The wine is full, quite complex, exciting in fact you have a lot of spices, fruits & so on. It’s really nice, good length & good fruit in the middle. Very surprised of the price, well worth it’s money. 90 points
6th day:
Keeps amazingly well, nothing has really declined, it’s still delicious, full of fruits, tannins which are soft, good balance.
Not as sophisticated wine but full and very satisfying, seems to be able to age for another five years. 88 points.
07 april 2020: Brane-Cantenac 1985
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲
Day 1: Very classic & refined wine, even after 35 years it is still amazing, a lot of vitality and energy. First soft delicate fruit and then a vibrant, soft finish. It is round, has a lot of class, not invasive, really old classical Bordeaux. Taste 90 points. Feeling afterwards 94 points
Day 2: Even better ! Completely balanced, nice & full and refined feeling on the mouth. This can easily be enjoyed another 10-15 years, and may even get better. Taste 92 points
Day 3
Still holding up very well, complex, refined, nice round fruit. 91 points
Important: Don’t forget that provenance is key, especially for older wines. When I buy it is always from my trusted merchants, not always the least expensive, because I want to be sure the wine is in perfect condition.
5 april 2020: Thierry Mortet- Chambolle Musigny 2016
At the opening, funny smell, almost (betanos??). In the mouth, nice balanced fruit but a drieness you only find in 2016 in all wines from every producers. Haven’t felt it for 30 years in nay wine. Very dry / fruity & delicious today. A little bit of tanins is there but doesn’t really hide the fruit – I expect that this drieness to give a complexity that we don’t have today. Not an easy wine but has potential, it requires time. 90 points
07 april 2020: 2d day
Very classic & refined wine. Still holding perfectly, amazing back bone, vitality, energy in the back.
Soft delicate fruit and then a vibrant, soft finish.
It is round, has a lot of class, not invasive, really old classical Bordeaux. Taste 90 points
Feeling 94 points
8th April (3rd day)
Very surprising change in the wine, became very balanced & the tanins that are nice and lively is well integrated & really giving a lot of life to the wine. You then have a raspberry taste from the beginning to the end & a very nice soft but vibrant nice acidity (tanins).
Very excited about this wine.
Mortet – under estimated producer, not spectacular but a little bit the old style of what I think burgundy should be at. 93 points
05 april 2020: Hudelot – Baillet Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2014
Tasted this wine for the first time two years ago, it was green and I was very disappointed but today it is very nice. It is fresh instead of green, has a lot of energy. Not a lot of Chambolle-Musigny ‘s seductiveness but pretty refined, very subtle has a very soft, nice, vibrant energy that takes along for minutes. Very good effort. Maybe not yet the magic of Roumier or one of the producers but I think he is on his way. A lot of pleasure, a very enjoyable wine, not a great wine but very enjoyable and I have with satisfaction this wine in my cellar and I look forward to tasting it in a year. 90 point
(3rd day)
It is tuning down in a good way – integrating the fruits, tanins & becoming very balanced. Nice fresh fruit and quite refined, not usual for the producer to do refined wines.
It has given a very sofisticated wine, delicious that I think will age. Was very hopeful for this producer, Dominique Le Guen. Difficult vintage – very good job – very happy with this wine. 90 points
2 April 2020: Grand Puy Lacoste 2012
Opened one or two days ago, it is very large and very nice, but doesn’t have the spice of the connétable de Talbot 2005.
It is a classical wine, it is round, it is very nice but not as exciting as the Talbot 2005
90 points
2 April 2020: CONNÉTABLE DE TALBOT 2005
I tasted it just after one of my favorite wines, the Grand Puy Lacoste 2012, and yet I found the Connétable de Talbot even better! and for only half the price.
Fantastic !
91 points
28 march 2020: Faiveley Corton Charlemagne Grand cru 2001
Very nice, amazing how it is kept, not at all to old, it’s a little bit nutty and soft, quite subtle, balanced, nice soft fruit, quite complex. A nice length and a nice vibrarion in the end. Really a great pleasure.
92 points
25th of March 2020, Le Gay 2007
Very balances, round, fruity and complex. Typical pomerol, typical of this château but softer than usual, with great length and perfectly balanced, pure pleasure.
93 points
21st march 2020: Mugnier Nuit Saint George- Clos de la Marechale 2013
Very nice wine, exciting, spicy, complex, balanced, nice, soft, fruit. Still young but can bebdrunk with pleasure already now. Next day almost better, more soft and more complex.
92 point
20 march 2020: Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux 2000
First day very nice, very balanced, refined, great balance and nice sofisticated fruit, very nice length. A real classic, grand vin.
92 points
18th march 2020: Trapet Gevrey Chambertin Ostrea Magnum 2013
Nice, Soft, pleasant and nice fruit but not interesting, not complex. Lacks excitement, energy and personnality.
85 points
2d February 2020: MARC ROY GEVREY CHAMBERTIN CLOS PRIEUR 2018
𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆, 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹.
This is a new domaine for me, I had the pleasure of meeting Alexandrine, who is an intuitive wine maker. Her wines all have a lot of fruit, they are profound and balanced and most importantly really delicious. I like that the wines are already accessible, have class and a very nice feeling of the terroir, but they also age well. I have tasted some of her previous vintages and the wines just become more profound as time goes by.
2d February 2020 :Very nice, young, dry but balanced and quite enjoyable. Complexe and good length, will age beautifully, nice energy. It will soften with age. 89+
3d of February 2020: So the next day. Full of delicious balanced energetic and seducing fruit, long, really something, calm feeling the head filled with energy, beautiful buzz. Alexandrine worked and oversaw this wine with love, you feel she knows the soil and her vines. So a combination of knowledge, feeling, intuition and precision. A Burgundy, made to last, to please, in respect of its soil. Mes hommages Madame ! 93
4th of february 2020.: Despite its young age, the wines is already better than the 2012, Great concentrated dry fruit, nice soft tannins. Has a compelling energy and amazing minerality in the finish that stays for 5 minutes. 94/100
23d january 2020: 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟬
I tasted this unknown, unlabeled port wine which was sold at Christie’s London auction in 1985 as being from around 1870 I bought 10 bottles like this but unfortunately, this is the last one. It’s fantastique ! Very surprising given the bottle is only half full and it has kept a lot of taste ! I tasted this after lunch Friday 13th november for good luck. Amazing light orange colour, subtle nutty nose, incredible soft complex elegant fruit in the mouth, soft subdued sweetness, lingering on forever on the palate. Best wine I tasted this year (2020), in tight competition with the Mouton Rothschild 1959 that I tasted the second of august 2020.
100/100
28 November 2019: ESMONIN 2018 en fut
7.8 ha put in the spring Burgundy, 80 ha vv, 60 years 30hl ha superb, seductive, dense, not very complex, but very delicious. 87
Côte de Nuits Villages Brochon 2018
30% was Delicious, dense vanilla, conc really munch better than me expert. 90
Gevrey Chambertin 2018
305 was new 50-year-old vines 40 whole grapes Superb, full of fruit, conc, want to party. 90
Gevrey Chambertin VV 2018
70 years 60 whole reasons 60 was new Magic dares, blackcurrant, dense extract but pleasure, finesse and strength not fine but seductive 91
Gevrey Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 2018
Sylvie Esmonin “Easier to make wine for 10 years now, no need for capitalization, acidification, tannins, just raisins and sulfur” Superb, full of material seduction, pleasurable tannins.
Gevrey Chambertin Clos Sait Jacques 2016
I like better, more restrained, more structure 92
27 NOVEMBER 2019: ROMANEE CONTI 2018 en fut, tastings Burgundy
Whole harvest 2018, 2019 2018 problems that bacteria attacked Sugar after Malo, which became volatile, vinegar.
DRC Corton 2018
100 whole harvest first time. 25hl ha Candy ! fruit and wood very pretty, fine fruit, fluid with a lot of tannins. 93
DRC Echezeaux 2018
25hl ha superb nose superb complexity, nice deductive green purple licorice. 95
DRC Grands Echezeaux 2018
perfect balance fruit, fluid with woody finish balance, very fine complex fruit and long. 96
DRC Romanee Saint Vivant 2018
superb, fine fruit, cherry, better than ever. 95
DRC Richebourg 2018
superb nose incredible on the palate fine fruit finesse charm without being candied superb length sucrocite on the finish, vibrates on the gums, easy vibrating end. 100
DRC La Tache
slightly vegetal on the nose full, masculine licorice, complex excrement, long full of fruit on the finish stunning. 100
DRC Romanee Conti 2018
perfect nose finesse and fruit perfect balance never felt that in a vi longer balance vibration in finesse in final incredible length. 100+
Vosne Romanee Petits Monts 2018
more woody not the finesse of Romanée Conti but superb pleasure a 1er cru, no less raw people. 97
The Richebourg Restaurant Mongeard Mugneret Marsannay Clos du Roip 2017
Golden, Excellent, slightly reduced wall, good balance, quite long. 89
Mongeard Mugneret Hautes Cotes de Nuits Ratings 2015
Excellent fruit, soft , not a lot of fruit, bit really good, balanced easy going not very long or intense in the finale. 87
27 NOVEMBER 2019: ALEXANDRINE ROY
11 months in wood 50
Alexandrine Roy Marsannay 2018
20 was new Close to Fixin round, nice acidity in finesse, fresh finish long and salivating. With time the complexity will come. 87+
Alexandrine Roy Gevrey Chambertin
VV 2018 8 plots harvest 31 august 80 year old vines 50 was new 50 was one year old Superb nose Superb fruit then supple tannins finesse, delicious fruit beautiful vibrating length. 90+
Alexandrine Roy Gevrey Chambertin Clos Prieur 2018
70 years Full of fruit, rich, material, tannins, Excellent balance round fruit then tannins, need to watch, but already vibrant. 91+
RESTAURANT LE GUY, DINNER CHABLIS FOURCHAUME 2012
Said acidic, not really soft complex a bit dissapointing. 84
ROUMIER CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY 2013
Very nice, fruit with soft but present quite soft tannins, very nice tannins and fruit in harmony balanced young but already delicious now but will harmonize with time. 91+
FRANCOIS GAUNOUX Domaine Henri Gaunoux
famous winemaker, amazing old Pommard, was split into 2 estates Francois Gaunoux, daughter Claudine now winemaker and Jean Michel Gaunoux, son of François Tasting with internal australian 2018 vintage in barrel Only steel tanks, NO OAK
Meursault Meix Chavaux 2018
not really intense very feeble and not amazing, but good and quite long and fresh mineral finish. 90
Meursault Goutte d’Or 2018
More conc, quite rich long pleasant, but not yet very complex. 90
Beaune Clos des Mouches Red 2018
Excellent fine delicious, superb. 91
Pommard Rugiens 2018
Delicious, easy, character, balance, elegant, long and amazing vibrant finish. 91
Bernard and Thierry Glantenay Volnay 2017
Ok but not hung special, no character, wine, burgundy but impossible to say what 82
3 Septembre 2019: Rouget Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 2017
𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗲𝘁, 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘆’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿
Emmanuel Rouget had the privilege to work closely, for years, with the legendary vintner Henri Jayer and was chosen by Jayer as his successor. Emmanuel, and since a few years, his son Guillaume, are the virtuoso of many of the Jayer vineyards. Every year, they let the liquide genie out of the barrels before letting it gently pour it into the bottles. As for me, I have had the pleasure to taste his wines in barrels for more than 20 years, you can imagine my delight ! His wines are always elegant, precise, intense, concentrated, complex, and …. my palate always sings. I only in September 2019 tasted the 2017 vintage with Emmanuel and his son Guillaume and this was the greatest I have ever tasted at the Domaine Rouget. When I came out of the cellar, I thought to myself “this was for me the most inspiring Burgundy tasting ever”. And Emmanuel seemed to have a similar view:
Emmanuel Rouget : “Les 2017 sont les vins plus fins que je n’ai jamais fait, fluides, fruités, le palais ne sature pas, on envie de faire la fête ! “
Rouget Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 2017
3 Septembre 2019
Superbe perfume, complete, delicious, flowers, spices, complete seduction, extremely long, dense and fine. 100/100
Tasting in Burgundy June 1st, 2018
Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2010
round balanced full of soft tannins, goes to the head (?) no more rustic less fine than the 2011 and 2012, can be considered as a great vintage, because more concentration, but the Burgundian typically 90 maybe we have to wait. 90+
Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2012
Less magical than last time, less clear and vibrant I’m going to eat lunch again tomorrow DRC 30ha (with Corton Charlemagne +2.5ha) DRC 2017 on tap DRC more filtering, before a little loose filtering. clarification problems since switching to biodynamics an acidic wine clarifies better now less acidic wines, less clear wines Chef de chaix Alexandre (Barnier?) born Nov 19, 1981 came in 2009, became cellar master 6 months ago, when Bernard Noblet retired. with 3 Americans (California) Mark? Matt Winemaker Well 2016 no white a lot frost 2017 Nothing’s Bad But Vintage Vintners Batard one barrel per year 10 piece watch 2019 DRC will make a Corton Charlemagne
DRC Echezeaux 2017
Young fruit but lean wood. 90+
DRC Grand Echezeaux 2017
70 malo ends more fruit, very fine. 92+
DRC Romanee Saint Vivant 2017
Right part overgrown in 1998? replanting 2014, 2011 fine and fruity, one of the best.
DRC RSV
That a tasted 94+ The top spot, north party replanted in 2007/8 2011.
DRC Richebourg 2017
90% harvest whole “to the point” vines Super fine round, balance, pretty wood finesse. 95+
DRC The Spot 2017
Round finesse! fluid et licorice very long and the vibration does not seem to finish. 96+
DRC La Romanee Conti 2017
Badly finished very fine, you feel the dryness in the end very fluid, fine dry gives little, really dry. 90++
DRC Echezeaux 1990
Blind wall, but a bit dry (1988?) No. 1990 rougher than I thought it would be nice but not the magic and finesse that you have now , but maybe because it is a “solar vintage”. 90
DRC Batard Montrachet 2014
Lived in was Alexandre thought that it lost its freshness with aging in barrels he recommended it to Aubert (Bernard frowned) and took it out and put it in stainless after 9 months, before no stainless, now stainless approx 2-4 months so a total of 12 months of “elevage” not more to keep freshness. swallowed by mistake. 94
Millesime Chambolle Musigny lunch Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2012
Opened yesterday Tight and nice a bit dry but elegant. 92+
Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2010
Loosely knit, seems to be not completely ripe tannins on the teeth, very vibrant finish round, loose, unctuous but too loose Too much sun. 92
Hudelot-Baillet bottled since 2004
Dominique at the estate since 1998 a single drawdown red no filtering 2017 large quantities.
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny Vv 2017
Scratched at 100% a little sweet, then a little hard tannins, good length, need some time ! 89+
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle M Charmes
Also a bit sweet, a lot of fruit, tannins clean avery nice, not sophisticated, tannins a bit rough, on the teeth nice length, needs time to soften a harmonize. 89+
Chambolle Musigny Les Cras 2017
30 year old vines nice, less alcohol and sweetness, better fruit balance, still very tannic. low acidity high PH But is often excellent from 4 hot vintages. 90+
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny Borniques 2017
Superb dense nose, balanced, fine, delicious. 90+ Good Mares
2017 Hudelot Baillet Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2010
Was sulphated 1 month and a half ago. fine and large dense, tannins on the finish. 91+
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny VV 2016
Very frozen in 2016 10-15hl/Ha Nice balance, superb fine roundness, tannins nice length, really nice DominicaPbetter than 2015 more potential than 2017. 90+
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny Charmes 2016
Superb attacks precisely charming and seductive well structured in finesse vibrates in the final, for a long time. 92+
Jean Grima cahnge of job had Chambolle Musignt Cras 2016
Balance, dense and fine full of tannins on teeth, vibrates.
Chambolle Musigny Charmes 2015
Dense wall and full of tannins sunny and powerful, greedy tannins but balanced, beautiful finish vibrating fresh and clean. 92+
Chambolle Musigny Les Cras 2015
That’s good !!! fruit dense and superb balance, very very nice bottle, and length, vibrates finesse. 95+
present from Adrian Bonneau de Martray Corton Charlemagne 2005
Very nice nice lean acidity, good not great, too refined? 90
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny les Cras 2015
In rest Simon again, bottles Dominique gave us.
Full fruit wood and quite soft tannins but a rather energetic fresh. 90+
Hudelot Baillet Chambolle Musigny Charmes 2015
Nice lovely leaks, soft and lovely in the beginning soft. 92
Lamarche Vosne Romanee Chaumes 2013
What a disappointment! today lean and nice fruit but not the spiceness that was last time. Balanced soft but lean, probably too young 89+
Tastings Burgundy 24-25 April 2018 Hudelot-Baillet and Rouget 24/4
Rest Simon Flagey Echezeaux LAMARCHE Vosne Romanee Chaumes 2013
Beautiful fruity nose, refined spices really amazing. super, fluid, fine and delicious, perfect final balance, delicious fruit. I was surprised, quality in parity with Mugnier 94+
Hudelot Baillet Le Gwen tasting of the Chambolle Musigny 2017
In cask badly done. 45 euros including tax? 49hl/ha very concentrated, massive even, a lot of fruit not very fine but long in good acidity in the finish 89+
Chambolle Charms
45hl ha color pretty ripe and concentrated fruit Not the finesse but fills the mouth well 89+
To have a clear color he does some “delestage”, just at the beginning with the unfermented juice, puts in another tank, lets decant the important net color it is necessary to remove the impurities “the box” rot, earth etc which can give one of the colors.
Chambolle Les Cras 2017
30 year old vine finer, more complex, better woven, round with, like the others, full of tannins on the finish 90+ older vines Chambolle Terminals. first vintage before was in the Chambolle VV 70 year old vine 600b in 2017
Stunning liquorice, intense and fine fruit and very intense and extremely long. the taste in your mouth for minutes.and minutes. 95
Bonnes Mares vine from 1931
600b 40hlha but transplants 2/3 in white clay below Vogue right Leroy left Charlopin superb fine nose intense round liquorice tannins material and supple tannins long fine balance fine class Less fine than Roumier and Mugnier but very pretty 93+
Chambolle Musigny 2017
Taste again superb, as good as the good ponds 2016. Superb, finesse more conc of the 2010 very long very mineral and very pretty 92
Chambolle charms 2016
Blackcurrant and smoke in the nose very nice material, dense and fine, full of tannins but supple. 92+ “I will never do whole harvests because I love the fruit”
Chambolle les Cras 2016
superb dense fine superb balanced fruit full of tannins vibrates on the teeth, magic, finesse and density 93+
Rest Le Millésime in Chambolle Roumier Chambolle Musigny 2010
€120 awesome perfect balance, round and refined ripe soft refined tannins, energy and very vibrant long nice freshness in the end vibrating in the mouth for minutes after. A magical wine refined complex balanced and vibrant. Cannot see anyone can do a better wine in this appellation. It is personal private wine but gives the master a glimpse into what a master can do .
Chorey les beaune 2016
Superb pleasant but tannic finish 87+ Night Rating 2016 on Corgoloin therefore less dry than the other Nights delicious ! pretty fruit, liquorice, finesse, subtle tannic finish, good length, excellent 88+
Saint George’s Night 2016
5 barrels, normal 10-11 2 La Villières plots 1 The chouollets 1 NW Argillates was of a wine Superb, long balanced tannic dense fruit 90+
Vosne Romanee villages 2016
on was new 40 new wood, Superb, dense fruit supple tannins liquorice long salivating and delicious stays in the mouth for minutes 92+
Vosne Romanee Beamonts 2016
Just above the Echezeaux liquorice rich fruit 100 was new magical, silky, superb fruit in finesse.vibrates incredible length. stays in the mouth with fruit and acidity for several minutes. 95
Vosne romanee Cros Parentoux 2016
young closed but superb balance dense close end great potential. 92/95 the dovecote house 2017 will be like 2015 wealth but not solar
Chorey Les Beaune 2017
It was superb round perfume. 90
Savigny les Beaune 2017
It was round balance a little dry on the finish. 88+
Vosne Romanee Beaumonts 2017
It was fine and lively fruit long tannic finish. 90+
Echezeaux 2017
Woody nose Round, fine smooth a little sweet with tannic finish, tannins on the teeth. Smooth and vibrant length. 93+
Vosne Romanee Cros Parentoux 2017
can’t spit round fine and dense young and tannin on the finish. I find the 2016 better finer better defined but you have to see 93/94 at the rest Rotisserie de Chambertin with RM Berthault-Gerbet
Vosne Romanee Petits Monts 2015
Already good! pretty clean red, a little sweet, too even, not just ripe fruit chaptalized? a little pasty, too bad 84
2016 03 11: Dalamara paliokalias 2013
Spyrus gave it to me in February, at Arlanda waiting for Timothee Organic Unfiltered, 10.000 bottles Naoussa region AoC Paliokalas is name of plot, lieu dit 100% Xinomavro grape Tasted Yesterday and before yesterday, narrow fruit and dry tannins, a bit austere, lack of charme, well made and nice buzz, but young and lacks complexity. But the buzz became heavy after 60 minutes, no catastrophy but it took some time to shake Today, after 3 days open, better, nice straight narrow but softer, still dry but agreable tannins in final. Could become more complexe, would be interesting to taste older vintages 87+