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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Energy, effortlessness, and vivaciousness are terms that I use about a good vin d'emotion. But to attain and maintain these attributes, storage and serving temperature have to be respected and optimised. Most Burgundy today is well made, and will improve if stored properly. But new tendencies in …
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Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont - also known as Domaine Axelle Marchard de Gramont, or just Axelle - is one of my fixed annual tastings, and this was actually my second visit here since I moved to Burgundy earlier in the year. The Covid-related shuffling of tastings gave me the opportunity to …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont – tasting the 2020s from cask
Visiting Alexandrine Roy and tasting the latest vintage just before the bottling is a highly enjoyable tradition. Her Domaine Marc Roy wines are archetypical vins d'emotion, and are wines that will thrill and bowl you over with hedonistic pleasure. While not at the very top of the Burgundy grand cru …
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Aligoté is experiencing a renaissance in Burgundy, morphing from a rather ill-reputed grape to the new interest of a number of competent and even "fancy" producers who like to be at the region's vanguard. This has created a new, dynamic market for Burgundian producers, and Les Aligoteurs, a …
[Read more...] about Les Aligoteurs: An evening of truly exciting wines
Burgundy is complex, and delicious wines are made almost every year - as are indifferent and even awful ones. While this statement is axiomatic, the difficulties of the 2020 vintage are unique, and it takes some experience - and a lot of tasting - to comprehend it. What seems fine on the …
[Read more...] about 2020 – The fine, the good, and the ugly
