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Côte d'Or 2024 – after the misery, an overview
After extensive tasting and talking to producers up and down Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, Matthew surveys the vintage. Above, the tellingly empty cellars at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in Vosne-Romanée. To...
Matthew Hayes
Friday 19 December 2025
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Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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Hospices de Beaune wine auction 2025
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Wednesday 3 December 2025
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Let me know whether you are interested in notes from historic tastings such as this. I use the word historic...
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Burgundy 2002 – the tasting notes Below are tasting notes based on more than 530 tastings of various 2002 burgundies...
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Tonight 600 people from all over the world will gather in the Château du Clos de Vougeot, once a Cistercian...
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I've been tasting quite a bit of red burgundy recently and the vintage characteristics have been pretty consistent. Too early...
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The Gagey family who run Louis Jadot of Beaune have always been ultra-reliable spokespeople for Burgundy. I remember André G...
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'I love the 2001s,' says Nicolas Potel, hopping from barrel to barrel in his cellar full of more than a...
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Here are my tasting notes on some 500 2001 burgundies, roughly 300 reds and 200 whites. I will continue to...
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Knocking French wine has been a global sport for some years now and is much enjoyed by all players outside...
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Enough of value. A fig for a best buy. Here are some suggestions for truly sumptuous, luxurious, cosseting, celebratory wines...
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Even a casual flick through any guide to Burgundy suggests there's something a bit different about the Domaine Georges Mugneret...
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See also my tasting notes on DRC's 2000s. I have now also added a list of the wines that I...
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Detailed tasting notes and ratings of individual wines are available on the purple pages. It is rare that any Burgundy...
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Of all the classic French wine regions, the one that has changed most fundamentally over the last 10 years is...
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One of the greatest problems for a professional wine-taster is remembering tastes from one occasion to another. It's relatively easy...
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The timing of Burgundy's latest scandal could not be worse for the many British wine merchants currently making their offers...
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