Table of Contents • Introduction • Domaines and Negociants Visited • Wines Tasted & Tasting Notes – Geoffrey Troy & John Brincko • Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2012 Vintage Report • Recent Vintages (2012-2007) • How Burgundy is Tasted from Barrel • A Simple Explanation of Burgundy Introduction John Tilson I first […]
Click here to read entire article »Kermit Lynch has been importing and selling fine wines since the 1970s. I have been a customer since the very early days. Over the years, he has represented some of the finest domaines in France. These include names like J.F. Coche-Dury and Francois Raveneau in Burgundy, Vieux Telegraphe in the Rhone valley, and Domaine Tempier […]
Click here to read entire article »Background And Table Of Contents I started going to Burgundy in 1981. In the early days, I was accompanied by Geoffrey Troy and Edward Lazarus and occasionally John Brincko. Later Geoffrey and I continued to visit Burgundy and we were joined by Ted Swinnerton. In recent years, John Brincko rejoined Geoffrey and me. Our most […]
Click here to read entire article »One of the challenges of Burgundy is to simplify it. Many owners of parcels within the same vineyards makes generalization difficult. For with Burgundy, you need to know the vineyards and the producers.
Here is a story of the creation of four great Domaines in Chassagne Montrachet and the creation of a great Montrachet and its history.