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.

DaleW wrote:
On May 23, 9:00�am, "Bi!!" wrote:
I've listed a number of the winery visits that we made during our
recent stay in Burgundy.
[]
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.

[]rd.

thanks for notes. Dujac is one of the most distinctive producers in
Burgundies. Love them, but prices have skyrocketed.
I have found Brocard to offer great value over last few vintages.

Sounds like a great trip Bill, and thanks for the notes.

Funny Dujac should come up. One of Adele's clients gave her a Relais et
Chateaux
"Lys d'Or" which entitled us to a free stay and meal at the R&C or
choice. We
used it last night to check out local rising star Cyril Haberland, and
celebrate our
21st anniversary.

For wines we had decided on a 05 Fevre Petit Chablis, and thought to
stay with
Bourgogne with a 01 Dujac Bonnes-Mares. But the sommelier thought this
might
lack a little body with the pigeonneau, and recommended the 99 Las
Cases. We
took the advice.

The menu was a smoked salmon terrine amuse; then marinated salmon (but raw)
on a bed of carottes rapes with cardamom, sauced with a wasabi
reduction. Excellent
but served with an unnecessary parmesan stick to make it more
architectural. This
was followed by a piece of code served in a frothy pea reduction and
topped with
a thick slice of truffle. Really excellent melding of flavors, but
again some cheese
crept in, this time a strong gruyere d'alpage which both Adele and I ate
separately. The
pea reduction was very clean and honest.

The Petit Chablis had nice balance, backbone, stony flavors with
honeydew overtones
and matched these dishes well.

Next well prepared pigeonneau served on a bed of "vrai-faux" risotto,
which is to say
made from pasta but very risotto-like. This really blended well with
the juice of the
very rare pigeon.

The Las Cases... what to say. There were no faults, great fruit and
length but somehow
a bit simple. Certainly a wine to drink now, it's going no where in
spite of the relative youth.
Very enjoyable, a good match for the food, but in the end I fear a
little forgettable.

The cheese course disappointed, because there were only the Norman Trio
plus Neufchatel,
all very good but we had to pause the wine and finish when it was over.
This would
have been the time to break out the gruyere d'alpage, perhaps.

Desert was raspberries and vanilla ice cream in a pineapple foam, which
was very successful,
and the sommelier kindly offered us Laurent Perrier Brut Millesime to go
along, which made
a nice match. (I didn't catch the year.)

Followed the usual mignardise including cups of strawberry juice which I
found too sweet after
all the rest.

A nice glass of Lemorton '68 Calvados (Domfrontais, of course! bottled
07) finished a very
enjoyable evening.

I wonder if I would have been happier with the Dujac though, finally.

BTW the hotel was also very pleasant, they gave us a fine suite. And I
think Haberland is
headed for the second star, if he can settle a few details and ditch the
excess cheese.
We still have a lunch on our Lys d'Or, so we're planning on taking the
kids this summer
for an afternoon at the pool and in the truly amazing tree house.
(Built high into an old
beech tree, every kid's fantasy.)

-E

On May 23, 9:00�am, "Bi!!" wrote:
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.

thanks for notes. Dujac is one of the most distinctive producers in
Burgundies. Love them, but prices have skyrocketed.
I have found Brocard to offer great value over last few vintages.

On May 23, 12:39Â*pm, Emery Davis wrote:
DaleW wrote:
On May 23, 9:00�am, "Bi!!" wrote:
I've listed a number of the winery visits that we made during our
recent stay in Burgundy.
[]
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.

[]rd.

thanks for notes. Dujac is one of the most distinctive producers in
Burgundies. Love them, but prices have skyrocketed.
I have found Brocard to offer great value over last few vintages.

Sounds like a great trip Bill, and thanks for the notes.

Funny Dujac should come up. Â*One of Adele's clients gave her a Relais et
Chateaux
"Lys d'Or" which entitled us to a free stay and meal at the R&C or
choice. Â*We
used it last night to check out local rising star Cyril Haberland, and
celebrate our
21st anniversary.

For wines we had decided on a 05 Fevre Petit Chablis, and thought to
stay with
Bourgogne with a 01 Dujac Bonnes-Mares. Â*But the sommelier thought this
might
lack a little body with the pigeonneau, and recommended the 99 Las
Cases. Â*We
took the advice.

The menu was a smoked salmon terrine amuse; then marinated salmon (but raw)
on a bed of carottes rapes with cardamom, sauced with a wasabi
reduction. Â*Excellent
but served with an unnecessary parmesan stick to make it more
architectural. Â*This
was followed by a piece of code served in a frothy pea reduction and
topped with
a thick slice of truffle. Â* Really excellent melding of flavors, but
again some cheese
crept in, this time a strong gruyere d'alpage which both Adele and I ate
separately. The
pea reduction was very clean and honest.

The Petit Chablis had nice balance, backbone, stony flavors with
honeydew overtones
and matched these dishes well.

Next well prepared pigeonneau served on a bed of "vrai-faux" risotto,
which is to say
made from pasta but very risotto-like. Â*This really blended well with
the juice of the
very rare pigeon.

The Las Cases... what to say. Â*There were no faults, great fruit and
length but somehow
a bit simple. Â*Certainly a wine to drink now, it's going no where in
spite of the relative youth.
Very enjoyable, a good match for the food, but in the end I fear a
little forgettable.

The cheese course disappointed, because there were only the Norman Trio
plus Neufchatel,
all very good but we had to pause the wine and finish when it was over.
Â* This would
have been the time to break out the gruyere d'alpage, perhaps.

Desert was raspberries and vanilla ice cream in a pineapple foam, which
was very successful,
and the sommelier kindly offered us Laurent Perrier Brut Millesime to go
along, which made
a nice match. Â*(I didn't catch the year.)

Followed the usual mignardise including cups of strawberry juice which I
found too sweet after
all the rest.

A nice glass of Lemorton '68 Calvados (Domfrontais, of course! bottled
07) finished a very
enjoyable evening.

I wonder if I would have been happier with the Dujac though, finally.

BTW the hotel was also very pleasant, they gave us a fine suite. Â*And I
think Haberland is
headed for the second star, if he can settle a few details and ditch the
excess cheese.
We still have a lunch on our Lys d'Or, so we're planning on taking the
kids this summer
for an afternoon at the pool and in the truly amazing tree house.
(Built high into an old
beech tree, every kid's fantasy.)

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I think you would have been happier with the Dujac! Sounds like a
wonderful meal. After two weeks in France I was ready for a
cheesburger but honestly the food on this trip was the best I've had
in many trips to France. The absolute highlight was lunch at Bernard
Loiseau in Salieu.