My favourite Burgundies, by Clive Coates MW
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From almost anyone else, a title such as this looks to suggest a personal ramble through some nice bottles of Burgundy. But Clive Coates has huge professional experience of Burgundy, and indeed is based in the region. And it is a structured stroll through his tasting notes. But there is some new information here too, updated domaine profiles for 27 producers, and some brief observations on subjects such as premature oxidation and climate change in the region.
Helderberg Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
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Tasty new wine from M&S
Languedoc rising
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The fortunes of Languedoc, in southern France, could be on the up again, as the value of vineyard land has rebounded from the burst investment bubble of the mid 1990s.
Chablis
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Chablis is the quintessentially steely, floral, stony, flinty, lip-smackingly refreshing wine from the very north of Burgundy. It’s a region firmly ensconced in the cool climate of northerly latitudes.
Bolo Godello 2012,
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Best value white wine from the Wine Society’s recent press tasting?
Crus Bourgeois vintage 2011
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Is this the crunch vintage that will be the litmus test for the level of success of the new-ish cru bourgeois accreditation system?
Mauzac
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Gaillac’s mauzac blanc has an appley freshness and is made in a variety of styles, from dry to sweet and sparkling, especially by the traditional local méthode ancestrale.
Je négrette rien
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Négrette is the signature cultivar of Fronton, located not far from Toulouse, in south west France.
Wines of the New South Africa, by Tim James
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South Africa has long held the viticultural position of being ‘the old world in the new world’. In this book the author traces the roots of this new world country with the oldest of histories of winemaking, stretching back more than 350 years.
Minerality quote, unquote 5
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If anywhere can lay claim to being the originator of mineral expression in wine, Chablis has to be in with the strongest claim. You can’t visit the region and not get some interesting and possibly insightful views on the subject.
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