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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Always great to be back at Domaine Marc Roy tasting the delightful wines of Alexandrine Roy. Alexandrine has made some tremendous 2018s – vivid, elegant and with a georgeous freshness and balance. While this surely is a hot year the wines from Domaine Marc Roy are of very high quality – Alexandrine is rightly proud […]
Beaune – Monday morning at 09:00 – visit at Domaine A.F. Gros / one of the Gros – vineyards in Vosne, located in Beaune and partly originating from Pommard. I was recived by Caroline Gros and her brother Mathias Parent – who are forming the relatively new team at A.F. Gros. Caroline Gros Mathias Parent […]
Grands Echzeaux is one of the most prominent grand crus just below the top tire – meaning Romanee-Conti, La Romanée, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée Saint-Vivant, Richebourg and Musigny. Grands Echezeaux is a brilliant terroir, and is perhaps even a bit overlooked, although new producer names on this vineyard have increased the focus on Grands Echezeaux. […]
The king, the queen and the Chambertin knights .. or in more local terms .. Rousseau, Leroy, Dugat-Py, Ponsot and Denis Mortet … certainly some of the rare birds on the Burgundian vineyard maps. The Domaine Denis Mortet plot in Chambertin I have sometimes been somewhat reluctant regarding the rather extracted wines made in Gevrey-Chambertin […]
