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The wines from Domaine Pierre Labet are often somewhat overlooked, overshadowed by the wines Labet makes at Chateau de la Tour, the top brand of his group. About Domaine Pierre Labet Chateau de la Tour is renowned for making some of the very best wines from the Clos de Vougeot. Yet François …
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Higher trellising is becoming more and more popular, as increasing the height of the rows does offer new possibilities as far as canopy-management decisions go. Below are some pictures taken in Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saints Juliens. Below, Pierre-Olivier Garcia is increasing the height of …
The 2019 vintage appears to have been a big and successful year for the Clos de Vougeot, despite the year's warm underlying character. It was quite a hot year, and the vines' location in the Clos de Vougeot can in some cases decide the outcome for the producer: good, great, big and/or …
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On Tuesday March 16 I discovered two new Vosne-Romanée estates! Both started up with the 2019 vintage, and both originate from older Vosne families. Each estate starts out with a very nice portfolio of vineyards and can eventually - if all parcels are taken back from metayage (share-cropping) …
It is consistently a treat to visit Domaine Mugnier, and an hour with Frédéric Mugnier always leaves one thoughtful. Tasting wines here from a year like 2019 can easily leave one free of worries and intoxicated by the sheer beauty and complexity of the vintage - they are that good, despite …
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