The document details the itinerary and tastings for Maximilian and Laetizia Riedel's trip to Burgundy from May 14-15. It describes visits to 7 domaines in Burgundy where they tasted various wines with winemakers and tasted the wines with different Riedel glasses to analyze how the glasses influenced the perception of the wines. The winemakers expressed surprise at the strong influence the glasses had and how it changed their perception of their wines. "
2. PROGRAM
MONDAY MAY 14TH TUESDAY MAY 15TH
• Domaine Etienne Sauzet – • Clos du Moulin Aux
Puligny Montrachet Moines – Auxey
• Maison Albert Bichot – Duresses
Clos des Ursulines – • Domaine Joseph
Pommard Drouhin – Beaune
• Maison Louis Jadot - • Domaine Méo-Camuzet
Beaune – Vosne-Romanée
3. DOMAINE ETIENNE SAUZET
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET
• With Emilie Boudot (4th generation) and
Benoît Riffault
• Wines tasted: white wines
- Puligny 2009
- Puligny 1er Cru Les Combettes 2009
- Chevalier-Montrachet 2009
• Glass winner: Montrachet Grand Cru
5. DOMAINE ETIENNE SAUZET
PULIGNY MONTRACHET
Emilie Boudot, grand-daughter of Etienne
Sauzet, said she was « thrilled with this
tasting, incredibly surprised that the glass
that won is the Montrachet. I could check
that the glass has a primarly influence on
our wines. I will never taste again our wines
the same way.”
6. MAISON ALBERT BICHOT
POMMARD CLOS DES URSULINES
• Lunch with Alberic Bichot at home
• Wines tasted: white wines
- Secret de Famille blanc 2010
- Mercurey Blanc 2007
- Meursault 2010
• Selected glasses: Montrachet Grand Cru
and Pinot Noir
8. MAISON ALBERT BICHOT
Alberic Bichot, President of “Maison Albert Bichot” got
enthusiastic : « This is fantastic, impressive to check the
effect of glasses on wines. It should be compulsory for
winemakers. Why should we do “dentelle” (so much
precision) in our Climates of Burgundy if we can’t reveal it
with “dentelle” in the glasses?”
9. MAISON LOUIS JADOT
BEAUNE
• With Pierre Henry Gagey, director, Jacques Lardière and
Frédéric Barnier (cellar masters)
• Wines tasted:
Red wines
- Côte de Nuits le Vaucrain 2010
- Beaune 1er Cru Clos de Couchereau 2010
- le Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Estournel Saint-Jacques 2010
White wines
- Savigny 1er Cru Clos des Guettes 2010
- Meursault Genevrières 2010
- Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 2010
• Selected glasses: Montrachet Grand Cru and Pinot Noir Vitis
11. MAISON LOUIS JADOT
Pierre-Henri Gagey, President of
Maison Louis Jadot declared himself
« fascinated by the performance. It is
very extaordinary to check the way a
wine expresses differently according
to the glasses we propose him. »
12. CLOS DU MOULIN AUX MOINES
AUXEY-DURESSES
• With Jordane Andrieu and Willy Roulendes his cellar
master
• Wines tasted: red wines
- Bourgogne Aux Seurrets 2010
- Auxey-Duresses Vieilles Vignes rouge 2010
- Pommard 1er Cru Clos Orgelot 2010
- Selected Glasses: Pinot Noir Sommelier /Pinot Noir Vitis
14. CLOS DU MOULIN AUX MOINES
Jordane Andrieu, owner of Le Clos
du Moulin aux Moines at Auxey-
Duresses: « I could not suppose at what
point a glass could flatter a wine or
destroy it. I already knew that the nose
was influenced by the shape of the
glass, but I could not imagine at which
point the glasses could also influence
the perception in pallet.”
15. DOMAINE JOSEPH DROUHIN
BEAUNE
• With Véronique et Philippe Drouhin, Mélanie Sire (cellar
master) and Jérôme Faure-Brac
• Wines tasted: only white wines
- Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir 2009
- Puligny-Montrachet 2009
- Beaune 1er Cru « Clos des Mouches » 2009
• Selected glass: Montrachet
17. DOMAINE JOSEPH DROUHIN
Véronique Drouhin, co-owner and winemaker at Maison Joseph
Drouhin, based in Beaune and in Oregon: « The Riedel glasses have a
clear effect on the perception of the taste of wine. This tasting was a
shock. I was struck during this tasting by the strong influence of glasses
on mouth, more precisely on the perception of the longueur en bouche
(the length in pallet?) and the texture.”
18. DOMAINE MEO-CAMUZET
VOSNE ROMANEE
• With Jean-Nicolas Méo and Christian
Faurois (culture master)
• Wines tasted: red wines
- Bourgogne 2010
- Gevrey-Chambertin 2009
- Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2003
• Wine selected: Pinot Noir Vitis
20. DOMAINE MEO-CAMUZET
Jean-Nicolas Méo, owner of
Domaine Méo-Camuzet in Vosne-
Romanée: « We don’t always
taste our wines like our
consumers ». And he was more
than surprised that his useful
glass was eliminated by the first
round.