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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Jean-Marie Fourrier also produces a range of negociant wines, from various top-end Burgundy vineyards. The wines are labeled Jean-Marie Fourrier (not Domaine Fourrier, like the estate wines - see the two different labels below). There is huge interest in the Fourrier wines, thus also in …
[Read more...] about Visit Jean-Marie Fourrier, tasting the 2018 negociant wines
I have not had the opportunity to visit Domaine Fourrier since the 2015 vintage, so I was delighted to be back to taste the 2018s. I like the Fourrier wines, with their forward and apparent fruity pleasure. They are perhaps not the most concentrated or powerful wines, but their gorgeous fruity …
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Now we have the label for the exciting new estate in Meursault - Marthe Henry Boillot - just from the printer. I visited Marthe for the first time in June 2018 and have actually been waiting to see the label - that will present and sell these delightful and promising wines. Here you can …
I do love Burgundy. I continually find new talents and exciting new wines from estates and negociants. This time a new talent in Comblanchien - actually the Chateau de Comblanchien, the large mansion located above the village. It is the base of Camille Thiriet, who has started a small …
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Burgundian rosé is not common on the winehog table - but I am expanding a bit on the summer rosé theme. The new Vosne estate Arnaud et Sofie - started by Arnaud Sirugue and his wife Sofie Noëllat - has made a delightful rosé, provence style. It's a vivid and well structured wine - a passetoutgrain …
[Read more...] about Domaine Arnaud et Sophie, Bourgogne Passetoutgrain rosé 2017
