The Meursault Charmes is a lovely wine, although I prefer the refinement of the Clos des Boucheres. The Roulot Chames is made from very old vines … and this is quite apparent when one taste the wine. The bouquet offer rich layered white and yellow fruit, forward with a slight opulence, a hint of …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Montrachet
The most iconic white wine from Burgundy is the Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. The combination of the most prestigious estate and the finest white wine terroir in the world is a quite unique combination. DRC only produced red wine until they acquired the first plot on Montrachet in …
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Domaine Roulot, Meursault Clos des Boucheres 2013
The Meursault Clos des Boucheres is a quite new wine in the Roulot lineup - the first vintage was 2011. This gorgeous vineyard located just above the northern part of Porusot and just south of Goutte d'Or. The vineyard combines refinement with some of the mineralic power found in the Porusot - the …
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Domaine Roulot, Meursault Perrieres 2013
The greatness of the Roulot Perrieres is not a matter of preference … it’s a big step up from the otherwise very fine Les Charmes. Les Perrieres is the missing grand cru of Meursault with its sheer weight and underlying mineralic power - and Roulot’s Perrieres is made from a perfectly located plot …
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The other mysterious bottling from Domaine Armand Rousseau
Burgundy is a facinating place, and even very famous producers like Domaine Armand Rousseau have "secret" wines that are not sold commercially. We already covered the Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Chateau, but there is actually another even more unknown Rousseau bottling ... the Bourgogne …
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