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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2024 vintage was problematic due to high humidity and a record-breaking mildew attack that devastated a lot of the harvest - especially the reds in Côte de Nuits. Strangely, the white 2024s came through the vintage in remarkably fine form, and although yields were lower ... the final result …
[Read more...] about Visit to Charodon – Tasting the White 2024s
Henri Jayer, the legendary Vosne winemaker's estate, is still under the ownership of the Jayer/Rouget family. The house was for a period owned by his daughter, but was a few years back sold to Guillaume Rouget (son of Emmanuel Rouget) and his wife Laure Guilloteau. Now a new era has begun …
I have decided to update the producer lists to make it easier to find producers with a true vin d`émotion potential. Some producers make a few emotional wines, and the rest are more tedious, and I have tried to include this in lists - hence some producers can occur in two categories .. tedious …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from Nuits-Saint-Georges – (update May 2026)
The core of getting great Burgundy joys and revelations is appreciating vin d`émotion, discovering the emotional values in these lively and joyful wines. Emotional wines come from vineyards that are alive, and not sprayed to death or overworked with heavy equipment... It's from vineyards with a …
The 2026 harvest is now on the horizon and people are - or at least should be - counting the days and hours, and be ready to spring into action when the grapes are ready, or "à point." The last vintages have shown that harvest timing is becoming increasingly important and complex as the optimal …
[Read more...] about “À point” in 2026 … flowering has begun”
