I've listed a number of the winery visits that we made during our recent stay in Burgundy.
Domaine Laroche-Everything is under screwcap now. Nice tasting room/ restaurant over the old mill race in the center of town. The wines went from mundane to impressive.
Jean-Marc Brocard-Great place to visit! about 5 kilometers from Chablis. Nice sales room and tasting area, quite commercial and modern but very nice people. We had lunch with the winemake and J-M himself. A vast array of wines and a few organic wines which were quite good. The 2007 Sauvignon St Bris is very good. No more "box" wine for the time being due to prolems with the mylar bags.
Domaine Des Marronniers-Just down the road from Brocard. Really warm wonderful family run Chablis maker. Tasty yet simple Chablis at a fair price. Very clean and well maintained cave.
Gros Frere & Soeur-Vosnee Romanee-Bernard Gros took us through his lineup of wines showing us his 2006's. No tasting room, tasted in the cave. Impressive new room in the cave that looks like a 1970's disco with a grand piano in the middle and mirrored balls, flashing lights etc. Weird but fun. Bernard was a perfect host and he invited us to walk with the townsfolk in the Memorial Day ceremony. Quite moving.
Comte Senard_Alex-Corton-Lunch with Phillipe Senard in his tasting room. Quite charming gentleman with a lovely charming wife. Frank and honest in his opinions. His wines were clean and bright. The Corton Blanc was excellent.
Frederic Esmonin-Small family run. Fred and his son are a close knit family run operation. Small business office and tasting in the cave. We tasted 2007's from barrel. All of the 2006's have been shipped. Impressive, smooth fruit with nice acidic balance. His malo was almost finished so we got a farily good impression of the wines.
Perrot-Minot-Morey St Denis-Small clean tasting room at his home. We tasted a number of 2006's from village to Grand Cru. Christophe is a warm engaging host. The wines are exceptional and rare needing a few years but rewarding with great depth and complexity.
Domaine Dujac-Morey St Denis-This one is hard to find on a back street (alley) but it's worth the hunt. Tasting in the cave. Roz Seysses (owner) is a straight talking California transplant with a love of the Domaine. This is a family run operation and we tasted through the
2006's while sharing her philosophy on everything! A real treat! SHe and her husband Jacques have put together a family run operation making impressive wines.Domaine Chevalier-Ladoix Serigny-We tasted a mix of 2006 and 2007 from barrel. Nice folks, good wine. No tasting room, old cave, lot's of wines to sample.
Michel Gay-Chorey-Very clean almost operating room clean. Young Bernard Gay is in charge. Quite bright and energetic. Nice clean wines a bit light in weight. We tasted all offerings of their 2006.
Morey Coffinet-Chassagne-Nice clean spacious tasting room in the cave. A nice selection of whites and reds from 2006 and a few barrel samples of the 2007. Very good whites, nicely balanced reds.
Nicolas Rossignol-Volnay-Very hard to find..there must be 20 different Rossignol's in Volnay. Tasting in the cave...old, cold and damp. A lasrge selection of 2006's were tasted and they ranged from fair to really terrific. Plenty of extraction and weight.
Domaine Jouard-Chassagne-Tasted a number of 2007 whites. Very clean bright wine with depth. I was quite impressed and bought several cases.
We stopped at a few commercial places like Jadot, Bouchard.