Claude Kolm
Claude Kolm
Special 2009 Magnums Still for Sale. Last spring I posted on the offering for charity of special magnums of 2009 Burgundies. The offer is detailed at www.climats-du-coeur.com. There are still some lots available (at the original price), and of course you now have the knowledge that the vintage has been a major success, making the offer still more interesting.
Aubert de Villaines Successor at the Domaine de la Romane-Conti Has Not Been Named. Aubert de Villaine told me that the report in Bourgogne Aujourdhui that he had named a nephew as his successor at the Domaine de la Romane-Conti is erroneous. Although Aubert did introduce his nephew, Bourgogne Aujourdhui got it wrong in understanding that the nephew had been designated as successor. It is possible that the nephew will eventually be named as the successor, but it is also possible that someone else will be named.
Domaine Fourrier 2001s. Some people have reported random bad results with Jean-Marie Fourriers 2001s. I asked him about it and he requested that I post the following: He is aware that people have reported problems and believes that because of the random nature, it must be due to one of his cork suppliers. That cork supplier is Spanish and the name FS appear on the corks. Jean-Marie thinks some bottles will still be good and some others in the same case not. Jean-Marie lost his business in the south of France because one cork supplier he'd been buying from since 1999. 2001 in the south of France was his first vintage and very quickly it appeared that there was some variation among bottles, resulting in an unsalable vintage. He thought he was okay in Burgundy until now. He based his confidence on the fact that the corks in Burgundy were barely treated with peroxide, but he now thinks some bottles received more treatment than others, resulting in VA in those bottles. Since the 2002 vintage he has changed his supplier and hasn't stopped since in his search the best cork possible. He currently is using untreated corks from an artisanal producer in Corsica. For the reasons above, he recommends that people drink the wines soon and to accept his deepest apology.
Aubert de Villaines Successor at the Domaine de la Romane-Conti Has Not Been Named. Aubert de Villaine told me that the report in Bourgogne Aujourdhui that he had named a nephew as his successor at the Domaine de la Romane-Conti is erroneous. Although Aubert did introduce his nephew, Bourgogne Aujourdhui got it wrong in understanding that the nephew had been designated as successor. It is possible that the nephew will eventually be named as the successor, but it is also possible that someone else will be named.
Domaine Fourrier 2001s. Some people have reported random bad results with Jean-Marie Fourriers 2001s. I asked him about it and he requested that I post the following: He is aware that people have reported problems and believes that because of the random nature, it must be due to one of his cork suppliers. That cork supplier is Spanish and the name FS appear on the corks. Jean-Marie thinks some bottles will still be good and some others in the same case not. Jean-Marie lost his business in the south of France because one cork supplier he'd been buying from since 1999. 2001 in the south of France was his first vintage and very quickly it appeared that there was some variation among bottles, resulting in an unsalable vintage. He thought he was okay in Burgundy until now. He based his confidence on the fact that the corks in Burgundy were barely treated with peroxide, but he now thinks some bottles received more treatment than others, resulting in VA in those bottles. Since the 2002 vintage he has changed his supplier and hasn't stopped since in his search the best cork possible. He currently is using untreated corks from an artisanal producer in Corsica. For the reasons above, he recommends that people drink the wines soon and to accept his deepest apology.