Domaine FAIVELEY 2022 Part I -- Red Premiers Crus Tasted from Barrel

 

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Erwan Faiveley and I looked at each other in amazement that seventeen years had passed since he took over as head of this iconic producer. 

One of the changes that he instituted was to divide Faiveley into (1) Domaine Faiveley for the estate wines and (2) Joseph Faiveley for négociant wines. In fact, 80% of the production these days is Domaine Faiveley, and the great bulk of the Joseph Faiveley production is generic Bourgogne. As for Domaine Faiveley, it now consists of 120 ha, 70 of which are in the Côte Chalonnaise. And in addition, there is Domaine Billaud-Simon in Chablis, which Faiveley purchased several years back but is still operated separately. (Continue reading here.)

Domaine de la VOUGERAIE (Prémeaux) Part I -- 2022 Reds Tasted from Barrel Samples

 

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Vougeraie began production with the 1999 vintage, and in 2001 began its conversion to biodynamics. In addition to being biodynamic, all wines are certified organic. 

The 2022s are a great success, especially at the upper appellations.

Maximum new oak for both reds and whites is 20%. Alcohols are around 13%, with the maximum being 13.5% for the Charmes-Chambertin (not tasted here).

(Continue reading here.)

Maison MARCHAND-TAWSE and Domaine TAWSE (Nuits-Saint-Georges) Part III -- 2022 Domaine Tawse Wines Tasted from Barrel

 

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The following are all Domaine Tawse wines. Those from Gevrey came from the former B. Maume estate. (Continue reading here.)

CHANSON (Beaune) -- 2016 Tasted from Bottle: Part I: Red Wines

(Originally published 30 April 2018.)

In the latter part of the twentieth century, Chanson, a Beaune négociant dating to 1750, was known for tannic, old-style (not necessarily in the best sense of the term) wines. 

In 1999, the Bollinger Champagne house acquired Chanson, including its vineyards. Following a labelling scandal shortly after the sale, Gilles de Courcel was hired to head up operations, and then Jean-Pierre Confuron was handed control over vineyard and winemaking  operations. Confuron is the brother of Yves Confuron of Domaine Confuron-Cotétidot in Vosne-Romanée and of de Courcel’s eponymous estate in Pommard. Working with the same methods as the home estate in Vosne, such as late harvesting and use of all whole clusters. Horses are used to plough the vineyards, which are organically cultivated.

New oak is 30% for the wines, tending to François Frères for reds and Damy for whites. 

Chanson now owns 45 ha, all on the Côte de Beaune, which in a normal year supplies about a quarter of the total production (which extends from Chablis down to the Beaujolais). 

All of the wines below are estate wines except for the Gevrey-Chambertin and the Corton.

As this sampling of the reds (and the sampling of the whites to follow) shows, this is a producer worthy of your serious attention. (Continue reading here.)