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    We are sorry to inform Clive's friends that he died on 26th July 2022 in hospital in Lyon. He was 80 and had been in poor health for some time. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him and we are keenly aware of the influence he had on so many wine lovers around the world. We are sure that he would have wanted anyone who wished to remember him to open a bottle of something nice and raise a glass in his memory.

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    All of the tasting notes of the wine critic mentioned above in tastingbook, comes from press releases from wine importers and vineyards, or directly from the critic and can also be found on the critic’s own website, which can be easily accessed by clicking on the link above.

     

     

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    An Interview with Clive Coates

    Q. Clive, you were a wine merchant for twenty years, before becoming a full-time wine writer. How did you get started?

    My first ambition was to be a chef. So I enrolled at the Westminster Hotel School in Vincent Square, London.

    But I soon found out that cooking commercially was quite a different thing from cooking for one's friends. It was hot in the kitchen. One was always under pressure. It was noisy. ...

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    BURGUNDY 2018 Vintage

    All smiles in Burgundy !  The harvest, which began early, around the 20th of August, finished about a month later.  

    After a very wet start to the year – it seemed as if it had rained eery day in the first three months of 2018 – the summer of 2018 was very dry, very warm and very sunny. This pattern started in June and continues even into the first days of October. There have been few interruptions for rain and than...

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    Clive Coates MW was an award-winning wine writer and long-standing member of the Circle. Author of several books on the wines of France, he also published The Vine from 1984 until 2005. Before his wine writing career, Clive worked for 20 years as a professional wine merchant in the UK. When he retired, he moved to southern Burgundy. He passed away on 26th July in Lyon. 

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    Clive Coates And The Malmaison Wine Club

    This is an excerpt from THE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, by Jill Scott, and published by Waverley Books in February 2012. Reproduced with their kind permission.

    The Malmaison's (the Grand Central Hotel's restaurant) reputation for excellence extended further than its fine food. There was also the Malmaison Wine Club which sold the British Transport Hotels' wine by mail order to discerning customers all ov...

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    Is There Such A Thing As A Philosophy Of Wine?

    Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine is the title of a series of essays edited by Barry C. Smith which was published last year by the Oxford University Press. Randy Sheahan has already reviewed it in these pages, and as I largely agree with him that it is a load of pretentious rubbish, and not very elegantly or comprehensibly expressed at that, I shall not bore you any more with it.

     

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Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  11 Wines  from  8 Producers 

Domaine Armand Rousseau Ruchottes-Chambertin, Clos Des Ruchottes, 1990 /The firm of Thomas-Bassot used to own just over two hectares of Ruchottes-Chambertin. The family sold this when they wound up the company after the death of the heir apparent in a car crash in 1976 and the buyers were Dr. Georges Mugneret of Vosne-Romanée, a M. Bonnefond of Rouen, who set up a share-cropping arrangement with Christophe Roumier of Chambolle-Musogny, and Charles Rousseau, who acquired just over a full hectare, making him the largest owner in this steep, much fragmented vineyard. Rousseau has the exclusivity of the Clos des Ruchottes.

Ruchottes lies above Mazis, in leaner, cooler soil, and the wine can be correspondingly a little austere. This, however, from the celebrated and warm 1990 vintage, is splendidly lush and generous. Even at 25 years there is not a trace of age about it. A very fine wine.

9m 10d ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  10 Wines  from  9 Producers 

Chambolle-Musigny, Les Amoureuses, 1999 Comte Georges de Vogué / Given that the Domaine de Vogué owns over 7 hectares of the 10.65 extent of Le Musigny and 56 ares of the 5 hectares Les Amoureuses, not to mention 2.7 hextares of Bonnes Mares, we are among one of the greatest domaines in the Côtes d'Or. Since the mid-1980s this estate has hardly put a foot wrong. Here in 1999 we are  at the very highest Burgundy can achieve.

This is a very lovely wine. Full, rich, powerful, yet with the usual Chambolle delicacy and spectacular concentration of fruit. It apears to be only just ready, but seemingly there is a lifetime ahead of it. Brilliant!

1y 5m ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a wine moment

“Richebourg 1999 by Domaine Jean Grivot: This is a great wine. Full. Rich. Concentrated. Marvelous fruit. Silky smooth, and profound and multi-dimensional. Very lovely indeed. Still youthful. It will last for ages.”

3y 13d ago

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3y 7m ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  14 Wines  from  3 Producers 

Graham's Vintage Port 1970 / 20 points /Fulllish colour, just about mature. Full, firm nose. Still undeveloped. Still a bit closed. The complete wine. Fullish, just about ready. Real depth. Excellent depth. Excellent complex fruit. Delicious.

3y 8m ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  41 Wines  from  23 Producers 

Montrachet, 2002 Domaine Des Comtes Lafon.
Montrachet, please notice. No Le, as the plot is on the Chassagne side. Here was a wine which took its time to come out of the glass. At first I was a little underwhelmed, but after ten minutes or so, the richness, concentration, and indeed a succulence almost like a red wine, began to appear. We have something which is quite oaky, still quite youthful, full bodied and very classy indeed: the depth unmistakably of a grand cru. Quite splendid!

4y 18d ago

Cheval Blanc 1959, Château Cheval Blanc
Château Latour 1928, Château Latour
Château Latour 1945, Château Latour
Château Latour 1961, Château Latour
d'Yquem 1945, Château d'Yquem
d'Yquem 1928, Château d'Yquem
d'Yquem 1947, Château d'Yquem
d'Yquem 1962, Château d'Yquem
Lafite-Rothschild 1934, Château Lafite-Rothschild
Lafite-Rothschild 1945, Château Lafite-Rothschild
Château Margaux 1961, Château Margaux
Château Margaux 1934, Château Margaux
Château Haut-Brion Blanc 1990, Château Haut-Brion
Château Haut-Brion 1945, Château Haut-Brion
Château Haut-Brion Blanc 1985, Château Haut-Brion
Château Haut-Brion Blanc 1989, Château Haut-Brion
Château Ausone 1959, Château Ausone
Château Mouton-Rothschild 1961, Château Mouton-Rothschild
Château Mouton-Rothschild 1934, Château Mouton-Rothschild
Château Mouton-Rothschild 1928, Château Mouton-Rothschild
Château Mouton-Rothschild 1945, Château Mouton-Rothschild
Chassagne-Montrachet "Boudriottes" 2005, Domaine Ramonet
Château Palmer 1959, Château Palmer
Château Palmer 1928, Château Palmer
Château Palmer 1961, Château Palmer
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 1990, Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1928, Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Léoville-Las Cases 1928, Château Léoville-Las Cases
Montrose 1928, Château Montrose
Musigny 1990, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé
Château Calon Ségur 1934, Château Calon-Ségur
Château Coutet 1962, Château Coutet
Château Coutet 1947, Château Coutet
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 1928, Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 1990, Domaine de Chevalier
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 1986, Domaine de Chevalier
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 1989, Domaine de Chevalier
Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion Blanc 1990, Château Larrivet Haut-Brion
Château Guiraud 1962, Château Guiraud
Château Climens 1947, Château Climens
Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chines 1999, Domaine Michel Lafarge

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  5 Wines  from  4 Producers 

Richebourg 1999 Domaine Méo Camuzet / The Méo Camuzet domaine holds adjoining land in Vosne-Romanée, Les Brulées,  Richebourg and Vosne-Romanée, Cros Parentoux, going up the hill. This is the grandest of the three. Full bodied, still very vigorous, with a certain amount of residual tannin, and rich, sturdy and profound. It develops splendidly in the glass to provide a wine of real dimension and class. A very fine bottle. 

4y 3m ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a wine moment

“One of Arnoux's best wines is his Suchots: old vines in the very best part of this premier cru. This is full, concentrated, rich and creamily succulent. Lovely balancing acidity shows the fresh harmony of this vintage, which is getting better and better as is evolves. Splendid follow through. A lovely wine which you can still keep for ages..”

5y 2m ago

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  77 Wines  from  46 Producers 

Le Montrachet, Domaine des Comtes Lafon 2009 / Quite a lot of new wood masks the flavour and character of the wine on the nose. Plus there is a bit of reduction. I don't find the grip, depth and class I am expecting in Le Montrachet. The follow through is a bit weak. No better than very good today.

5y 9m ago

Chassagne-Montrachet "Les Ruchottes" 2009, Domaine Ramonet
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champs-Gain 2009, Domaine Michel Niellon
Puligny-Montrachet Sous le Puits 2009, Olivier Merlin
Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2009, Joseph Drouhin
Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot 1er Cru 2009, Joseph Drouhin
Clos-Des-Mouches Blanc 2009, Joseph Drouhin
Meursault Genevrières 2009, Bouchard Père & Fils
Meursault Perrières 2009, Bouchard Père & Fils
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon 2009, Domaine Leflaive
Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles 2009, Domaine Leflaive
Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Garenne Duc de Magenta 2009, Louis Jadot
Chassagne-Montrachet Abbaye de Morgeots, 2009, Louis Jadot
Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2009, Louis Jadot
Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale 2009, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Morey-Saint-Denis Les Monts Luisants 2009, Domaine Dujac
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets 2009, Domaine Blain-Gagnard
Meursault Les Rougeots 2009, Coche Dury
Puligny Montrachet Les Enseigneres 2009, Coche Dury
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine Joseph Faiveley
Meursault les Gouttes d'Or 2009, Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Meursault Genevrières 2009, Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Meursault Perrières 2009, Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru La Garenne 2009, Domaine Étienne Sauzet
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Petits Clos, 2009, Maison Camille Giroud
Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrieres 2009, Domaine Guy Roulot
Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots 2009, Domaine Guy Roulot
Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 2009, Domaine Vincent Dancer
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Petits Clos 2009, Domaine Vincent Dancer
Meursault 1er Cru Poruzots 2009, Domaine Antoine Jobard
Meursault Premier Cru Les Genevrières 2009, Domaine Antoine Jobard
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine Antoine Jobard
Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches 2009, Domaine Chanson
Meursault 1er cru Santenots 2009, Domaine Marquis d'Angerville
Meursault Les Cras 2009, Henri Boillot
Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Mouchère 2009, Henri Boillot
Meursault Charmes Domaine de Pavillon 2009, Albert Bichot
Meursault Poruzots 2009, Benjamin Leroux
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Petits Clos 2009, Benjamin Leroux
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Embazées 2009, Benjamin Leroux
Chassagne-Montrachet La Maltroie 2009, Domaine Bernard Moreau
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes 2009, Domaine Bernard Moreau
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Morgeots 2009, Domaine Bernard Moreau
Puligny-Montrachet La Truffière 2009, J.M. Boillot
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes 2009, J.M. Boillot
Meursault Perrières 2009, Domaine Pierre Yves Colin-Morey
Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2009, Domaine Pierre Yves Colin-Morey
Chassagne-Montrachet Clos Saint-Jean 2009, Domaine Baron Thénard
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes, 2009, Domaine Philippe Colin
Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2009, Domaine Paul Pernot
Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Garenne 2009, Domaine Paul Pernot
Meursault Blagny La Piece Sous le Boi 2009, Domaine Paul Pernot
Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 2009, Domaine Bachelet-Monnot
Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 2009, Domaine Bachelet-Monnot
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets 2009, Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard
Puligny-Montrachet Les Chalumeaux 2009, Maison Roche de Bellene
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes 2009, Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard
Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot Premier Cru 2009, Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes 2009, Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Boudriottes 2009, Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard
Meursault Genevrières 2009, Domaine Michel Bouzereau et Fils
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine Michel Bouzereau et Fils
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine François Mikulski
Meursault Genevrières 2009, Domaine François Mikulski
Meursault Poruzots 2009, Domaine François Mikulski
Puligny-Montrachet Sous les Puits 2009, Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Blanchots Dessus 2009, Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Macharelles 2009, Maison J.Y. Devevey
Chassagne-Montrachet La Grande Montagne 2009, Domaine Paul Pillot
Meursault Blagny La Jeunelotte 2009, Domaine Martelet de Cherisy
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine Buisson-Charles
Meursault Charmes 2009, Domaine Coche-Bizouard
Meursault Genevrières 2009, Domaine Rémi Jobard
Meursault, Goutte d'Or 2009, Domaine Arnaud Ente
Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 2009, Domaine Jean-Philippe Fichet
Meursault Perrières 2009, Domaine Albert Grivault
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Baudines 2009, Domaine Vincent & Sophie Morey
Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Burgundy, France
Domaine Martelet de Cherisy, Burgundy, France
Domaine Coche-Bizouard, Burgundy, France
Olivier Merlin, Burgundy, France
Domaine Vincent & Sophie Morey, Burgundy, France
Domaine Chanson, Burgundy, France
Domaine Vincent Dancer, Burgundy, France
Maison Roche de Bellene, Burgundy, France
Domaine Leflaive, Burgundy, France
Domaine Antoine Jobard, Burgundy, France
Joseph Drouhin, Burgundy, France
Domaine Dujac, Burgundy, France
Domaine Michel Niellon, Burgundy, France
Domaine Michel Bouzereau et Fils , Burgundy, France
J.M. Boillot, Burgundy, France
Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, Burgundy, France
Albert Bichot, Bourgogne, France
Domaine Buisson-Charles, Burgundy, France
Domaine François Mikulski, Bourgogne, France
Maison J.Y. Devevey, Burgundy, France
Domaine Étienne Sauzet, Burgundy, France
Domaine Ramonet, Burgundy, France
Domaine Paul Pernot, Burgundy, France
Domaine Bernard Moreau, Burgundy, France
Coche Dury, Burgundy, France
Domaine Joseph Faiveley, Burgundy, France
Domaine Arnaud Ente, Burgundy, France
Domaine Rémi Jobard, Burgundy, France
Domaine Jean-Noel Gagnard , Burgundy, France
Domaine Jean-Philippe Fichet, Burgundy, France
Bouchard Père & Fils, Burgundy, France
Domaine Baron Thénard, Burgundy, France
Domaine Pierre Yves Colin-Morey, Burgundy, France
Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard, Burgundy, France
Domaine Albert Grivault, Burgundy, France
Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet, Burgundy, France
Domaine Bachelet-Monnot, Burgundy, France
Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy, France
Domaine Philippe Colin, Burgundy, France
Louis Jadot, Burgundy, France
Domaine Paul Pillot, Burgundy, France
Domaine Guy Roulot, Burgundy, France
Maison Camille Giroud, Burgundy, France
Benjamin Leroux, Bourgogne, France
Domaine Blain-Gagnard, Burgundy, France
Henri Boillot, Burgundy, France

Clive Coates / MW, Wine Writer (France)  had a tasting of  10 Wines  from  9 Producers 

Meo Camuzet Richebourg 1999 / This is a full-bodied, vigorous, concentrated and quite oaky wine; still very youthful. Splendid fruit, almost sweet, with very good grip and a very long finish. There is a lot of wine here, and it is of very fine qualty. It will still keep for ages.

6y 1m ago

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