I have for years summed up my tasting/visit articles with a recommendation: what to buy, what to search for, and what to hopefully acquire. This summary has the potential to collide with my vin d'émotion rating system, so I have therefore decided to merge the two. Vins d'émotion - these are the …
Visit to Domaine Pierre Labet – tasting the 2018s
The wines of Domaine Pierre Labet are to me a bit overlooked, and furthermore overshadowed by the wines Labet makes at Chateau de la Tour, the top brand of his group. This is why I review these wines separately: to give them the attention they deserve. About Domaine Pierre Labet Chateau …
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Visit to Chateau de la Tour – tasting the 2018s
The 2018 vintage is a hot, generous year for Clos Vougeot, following in the footsteps of 2015 although perhaps not quite rivalling the quality of the best '15s. Francois Labet made three intense and expressive Clos Vougeot in 2018, so let's taste these wonders. And to clarify: I use Clos de …
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Viticultural changes at Trapet
Domaine Trapet has for many years been at the forefront of pinot noir viticulture in Bourgogne, implementing biodynamic methods earlier than most. Jean-Louis Trapet took biodynamics seriously - and to the next level - when other producers were less courageous and maintained traditional, …
Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron Clos de la Pucelle
Not the biggest and not the greatest, but perhaps the most refined, delicate, and hedonistic of the Puligny 1ers crus. I am of course talking about the expressive, filigreed and poetic Les Pucelles. In Pucelles there is a clos, which is strangely not very well known to many collectors, despite …
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