Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Wednesday July 15th and Thursday July 16th finally gave some rain in measurable quantities. Good quantities of rain almost all over Burgundy but sadly also a brutal hailstorm in the Northern Burgundy … Dijon and Marsannay. Quite some serious damage in Marsannay with destroyed vines and hopes for …
[Read more...] about July rain and drought status one month before harvest
There is a lot of new names in the updated guides ... and I always try to present new name with a true potential. Here are my discoveries over the years ... some very fine ... others perhaps dissapointing seen in the global scheme of things. The flavour of the Year past winners Charles …
To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. Comments and thoughts The list contains producers that regularly score an emotional rating, and they are ranked in three levels. I hope this proves …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from Volnay and Pommard (July 2016)
The Michelin guide has brought new focus to the ranking of Domaines in Burgundy, and I have therefore decided to run through my Vin d'émotion guides ... one by one ... just to see if everything is up to date, This brought me to Vosne-Romanée and Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux ... a domaine always in …
I have before written about Volatile acidity, and feel a need to update this article somewhat, as I was too lenient and polite regarding this issue or fault, if you like, found in some wines. Let's face it, some like a very high level of VA to a level where the taste and bouquet is seriously …
[Read more...] about VA: Russian Roulette with Complexity and the clients’ money
