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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2020 vintage holds fine promise. But it's also a vintage not without risks and difficulties that could arise if one was not careful. Thibault Liger-Belair has gauged the vintage correctly it seems by not extracting too hard. Hence he has maintained the energy in and the fresh pinot expression …
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To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. In this article I have assembled vignerons from the smaller, but still very exciting, appellations: Dijon, Marsannay, Fixin, Côte de Nuits villages, and Hautes Côtes …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from the Côte de Nuits – Off Piste
To simplify the search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. Note that wines marked with brackets [ ] will require years before they really show their hedonistic side. The list contains producers that regularly score …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from Nuits-Saint-Georges – (New added)
Beaumonts, Beaux Monts, Beauxmonts - whatever the spelling, the name means delightful pinot with many variations. One of the very best Beaux Monts is from Maxime Cheurlin of Domaine Georges Noëllat. It is a complex and delightful wine that challenges the best from this fine terroir. Domaine …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Georges Noëllat Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts
The Les Herbues 2017 (amongst friends "the Abuse") is a typical Faure wine: refined and light-footed, with uniquely fine-grained tannins extracted by his old vertical press in Meuilley. The nose is open, and showing medium heat (it was quite a hot year, but not that hot). This is delightful …
[Read more...] about Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2017
