A Taste of 2012 Nuits-St-Georges

2012 Domaine Odoul-Coquard Nuits-St-Georges “Aux St. Jacques” Price: $59/bottle Due to challenges with weather and other natural influences, the 2012 vintage in Burgundy yielded only a fraction of a normal harvest. The good news is that thanks to poor flowering…

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Posted on 2015.02.19 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Burgundy – Pinot Noir Dreamland

Join us this Saturday, any time, to sample Pinot Noir at its most glorious. We’ll have a few bottles open for tasting, featuring Bouchard’s flagship 2012 Beaune Grèves L’Enfant Jésus. – 750-ML bottles SOLD OUT L’Enfant Jésus comes solely from a plot of slightly…

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Posted on 2014.12.18 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Châteauneuf-du-Pape & Meursault

2011 Domaine La Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Signature Price $79/bottle The young and incredibly talented Julien Barrot took over winemaking at Domaine La Barroche during the disastrous 2002 vintage. Despite this trial by fire, Julien has since produced one magnificent vintage after…

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Posted on 2014.12.12 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy, Southern Rhone  |  Read more...

 

David Moreau’s Santenay Premier Cru

Nov 3-9, 2014 2011 David Moreau Santenay 1er Cru Clos Rousseau Price: $59/bottle Santenay is the southernmost appellation in the Côte de Beaune, where the limestone ridge of the Côte d’Or begins to thin. Although wine from Santenay is sometimes…

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Posted on 2014.11.02 in Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

White Truffle Dinner with Burgundy from the Cellar

For a handful of weeks each year in October and November, foragers in the Piedmont region of Italy and their highly trained dogs head out to secret hunting grounds in the countryside near Alba in search of the rarest of…

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Posted on 2014.10.31 in France, Burgundy, News & Events  |  Read more...

 

Morey-Saint-Denis Elegance

Oct 27-Nov 2, 2014 2011 Domaine Odoul-Coquard Morey-St-Denis “Les Crais Gillon” ~$50/bottle – 15% off of regular price of $59 SOLD OUT If you know little about a vintage or producer, or even much about Burgundy as…

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Posted on 2014.10.23 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Saturday Sips: Domaine William Fèvre – Soul of Chablis

The secret to Chablis’ authenticity is geology. The vineyards of Chablis lie on the outcrop of a great submerged basin of limestone. It is Burgundy’s most northern region and the cool climate, along with the Kimmeridgian soil of limestone, clay,…

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Posted on 2014.09.18 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Sleek Mineral White Burgundy

September 1-7, 2014 2011 Domaine Jean Pascal Puligny-Montrachet “Les Enseigneres” $50.15/bottle – 15% off regular price of $59 SOLD OUT Joseph Pascal Morvan arrived in the village of Puligny-Montrachet in 1920 to make wine. In 1950, after a stint…

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Posted on 2014.08.31 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

Pinot Noir Purity in Northern Côte de Nuits

July 21-27, 2014 2011 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Les Longeroies Price: $49/Bottle – SOLD OUT We’ve already written a fairly extensive piece about Sylvain Pataille’s Marsannay Les Longeroies. It’s over a year later and we’ve found the wine…

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Posted on 2014.07.20 in France, Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

2010 Trouillet Saint-Véran

July 7-14, 2014 Price: $18.75/bottle – 25% off regular price of $25 SOLD OUT Crisp and clean Chardonnay from Burgundy. The appellation of Saint-Véran is divided into two small islands separated by Pouilly-Fuissé. Because of the proximity, Saint-Véran is,…

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Posted on 2014.07.06 in Burgundy  |  Read more...

 

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