I am transcribing my journal from Burgundy into posts and hope to have a link to some photos soon. Enjoy! Sitting outside chez Nicholas (Nico) Potel. Decided to write a journal because pictures are not enough. The house is right across from the street in Nuits St. George. Weather is storybook: warm, sunny, clear days [More]
Welcome to Burgundy
I am in Nuits St George staying at the house of Nicholas Potel. Had a wonderful dinner of Beef Borgogne and a lovely Premier Cru red Burgundy. Then ate greatest cheese ever with more red Burgundy. Today went to Beaune and bought vin, fromage, paté and had a feast back at Potel’s. Drank a 1987 [More]
Nicholas Potel
Hey, I feel like Jim Anchower in the Onion: “Sorry I haven’t rapped at ya for a while…” Hopefully this will make up for it. I leave for France in two days for a mega-wine tour and harvest experience. I will be working a harvest for Nicholas Potel in Burgundy at the end of September. [More]
Grand Cru Chablis…I Live For This
2002 Fevre Grand Cru Chablis Les Clos Wow, I never new Chablis could have a little richness like this. It has wonderful freshness, acidity, purity of the Chardonnay grape. Then this very subtle, lingering richness that stays with you for a loooong time. Whereas the Corton Charlemange was all about POWER, this Grand Cru Burgundy [More]
The Greatest White Wine I Have Ever Had
2000 Latour Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru I got a wicked deal on this…only 40 bucks. It blew me away. Incredible richness, elegance…aroma/flavor of caramel, toffee, creme brulee. The finish lasted forever. Anyone who says white wines cannot be powerful, you must have a Corton-Charlemagne. I must quote from The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil, writing [More]
Cold Steel in the Hour of Chablis
Chablis rules. It is the steely, minerally, powerfully acidic (in a good way…great aging potential) Chardonnay. It’s lumped in with Burgundy, but it is actually closer to Champagne. Chablis makes me giddy with joy…for me it is everything Chardonnay should be. 2002 William Fevre Chablis Premier Cru “Fourchaume” WOW! What a pleasure to drink this [More]
Great White Burgundy, Great Producer
Like the Pouilly-Fume, it’s great to drink different wines made from the same grape, same producer, same region, but different vineyards. 2002 Lafon Macon-Milly-Lamartine “Clos du Four” I have had the 2001 Lafon Macon-Milly-Lamartine, and it is one of the best white burgundies you will try for under 20 bucks. The Macon is a lesser [More]
I Wrote Down the Name of that Pouilly-Fume!!!
I was going through my pockets and forgot that we had the bartender give us pen and paper. Here it is: 2002 Cailbordin Pouilly-Fume “Les Cornets” The previous one I had was the “Les Cris”. It is amazing how two wines from the same grape, region, producer, can still be different just because they are [More]
