Perfil de Edward Ragg

Edward Ragg

Wine Blogger

País: China | blog | Membro desde: Setembro 21, 2008

Biografia: Wine writer, educator and consultant based in Beijing, I co-founded Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine... (more)

Biografia: Wine writer, educator and consultant based in Beijing, I co-founded Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine Consulting (www.longfengwines.com) with Fongyee Walker, China's only MW candidate, in 2007. Dragon Phoenix is Beijing's first fully independent wine consultancy and mainland China's most successful WSET provider (www.wsetglobal.com) .

Fongyee and I met at university where we cut our teeth at blind-tasting as Captains of the Cambridge University Wine Tasting team (www.cubwts.co.uk). We have since judged at the International Wine Challenge, the China Wine Challenge and other competitions around the world. Articles have appeared in Decanter, The World of Fine Wine - both individually and in a regular column we co-author called 'Sinophile' - Drinks Business and in several publications within mainland China. On-line wine writing has been featured on Catavino, Enobytes, Visit Vineyards and What Wine.

I am currently working toward completion of the CWE and WSET Diploma as well as establishing the first wine programme at Tsinghua University where I work as an Associate Professor in Foreign Languages (Literature in English).

A word on tasting: I score wines out of 20 on a relative system. In other words, if a basic Burgundy (e.g. Bourgogne Blanc or Bourgogne Rouge) receives 18/20 it is likely to be a very good wine in its category but not usually as good as a comparably well-made Premier Cru or Grand Cru Burgundy which has scored 18/20 (assuming quality of production - I'm aware producer is everything). Clearly, price or even a wine's nominal 'category' are rarely faultless indicators of quality, especially with Burgundy. But the higher the price and more prestigious the origin the harder the wine has to work, in my view, to achieve a high score. Not every wine, therefore, that receives the same numerical score is of the same quality. Each should be valued relative to the kind of wine produced and the price point asked (see Wine Searcher, Vinopedia etc.).

Happy tasting! (less)

provados1025

favoritos0

desejados0

	edwardragg has reviewed the Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds 2007 18,5 /20 Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. From a master class with Etienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille (and Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet), 20th January 2011, Beijing. Appearance: medium ruby. Nose: intense red cherry fruit with distinct herbal and floral aromatics (100% whole cluster). Very complex with oak seemingly playing more of a secondary role. Young. Palate: remarkable structure of very layered coating medium-high tannins, juicy vibrant high acidity, gorgeous red cherry fruit with balanced medium-high alcohol and very good length. Conclusion: De Montille explained that Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Dujac and de Montille are among those who consistently use whole-cluster to a lesser or greater degree. You need good ripeness and you need to vinify very carefully (as de Montille explained, ‘it took me almost 25 years to understand this. My father was doing 50/50’). De Montille revealed how this decision aids having a long, controlled fermentation. Les Taillpieds handled in this way certainly has a marvellous structure. Still on the young side, to be sure. This will get even better. From 2012 and I would wait a little longer if this was my wine. há 741 dias · Comentar · Show translations X X English Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Português	Actions
	edwardragg marked Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Taillepieds 2007 as tasted Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. há 741 dias · Comentar babywithlov Hello My name is Olivia, i went through your profile and became interested to know about you, write me at this address to enable me send you a copy of my photo with more details about me. olivia_1920@yahoo.com /> greetings Olivia. há 156 dias	Actions
	edwardragg has reviewed the Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Champans 2007 18,5 /20 Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. From a master class with Etienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille (and Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet), 20th January 2011, Beijing. Appearance: medium ruby, clear rim. Nose: very perfumed, floral – very Volnay-like nose in that respect – with gorgeous red cherry fruit, violets and other highly aromatic notes (with 2/3 whole-cluster usage of fruit here). Oak in the background. Palate: lovely fruit with a robust structure of coating medium to medium-high tannins – de Montille noted that whole cluster can add an ‘extra layer of tannins’ but their texture is less tough if handled properly. He also added ‘this is maceration rather than extraction’ (so no real pigeage - punch down). Medium-high alcohol with excellent length. Conclusion: superb. Approachable now, but still a young wine for sure. From 2012 for better results. há 741 dias · Comentar · Show translations X X English Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Português	Actions
	edwardragg marked Domaine de Montille Volnay 1er Cru Les Champans 2007 as tasted Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. há 741 dias · Comentar	Actions
	edwardragg has reviewed the Domaine De Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Sizies 2007 17,5 /20 Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. From a master class with Etienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille (and Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet), 20th January 2011, Beijing. Appearance: medium ruby, slight orange rim. Nose: attractive red cherry fruit, quite intense in character with violets and other perfumed notes (1/3 of the wine comes from whole cluster fermentation). Palate: lovely refreshing high acidity, lovely red cherry and cranberry fruit, coating medium tannins (which creep up on you), balanced medium-high alcohol. Lovely structure and very good length. Conclusion: Montille described this as the ‘wine to introduce Domaine de Montille’ (1.6 ha here). Very elegant, very charming. Approachable, but will repay cellaring also to 2013 and beyond. há 741 dias · Comentar · Show translations X X English Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Português	Actions
	edwardragg marked Domaine De Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Sizies 2007 as tasted Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. há 741 dias · Comentar	Actions
	edwardragg has reviewed the Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles 2007 17 /20 Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. From a master class with Etienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille (and Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet), 20th January 2011, Beijing. Appearance: pale to medium ruby, slight orange rim. Nose: kirsch-like red cherry nose – Etienne de Montille explaining that this wine was ‘moving forward more quickly than the de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles’. The fruit here is savoury rather than bright, oak plays a secondary role in the background. Palate: red cherry, but also cranberry and quite ‘tart’ red fruits on the palate with Pommard-like robust structure of coating, high acidity, drying medium tannins. Balanced medium-high alcohol. Quite good length. Conclusion: Etienne de Montille explained that there no use of whole-stems for this wine and that it’s meant to be approachable. He de-stems, but doesn’t crush (so skins are broken by action of de-stemming). This will drink relatively soon, but has the structure to go a little further if necessary (to 2012). há 741 dias · Comentar · Show translations X X English Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Português	Actions
	edwardragg marked Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles 2007 as tasted Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. há 741 dias · Comentar	Actions
	edwardragg has reviewed the Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots 2007 17,5 /20 Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. From a master class with Etienne de Montille of Domaine de Montille (and Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet), 20th January 2011, Beijing. Appearance: medium to deep gold. Nose: distinct lemon peel and some of the lushness and richness of Meursault, with some nutty aromas. No new oak here. De Montille explained that Les Poruzots tends to be quite nutty and, consequently, doesn’t need new oak. Palate: medium to medium-high acidity, rich lemon fruit, lush texture (but not fat), nice balance, medium-high alcohol, touch nutty, good to very good length. Conclusion: lovely. Approachable now. Will go well a little longer, if necessary (to 2012, perhaps longer). há 741 dias · Comentar · Show translations X X English Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Português	Actions
	edwardragg marked Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots 2007 as tasted Like + aos favoritos + aos Desejados + á Adega (0) Like Unlike Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos favoritos Remover dos favoritos Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. + aos Desejados Remover dos desejados Add comment (optional) Configure your account to share on Twitter. Alterar Add comment (when adding bottles to cellar) Configure your account to share on Twitter. há 741 dias · Comentar	Actions