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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
New book about Burgundy vintages 1845 to present - a unprecedented collection about many of these old vintages - written by Allen D. Meadows and Douglas E. Barzelay. The two gentlemen Allen Meadows and Doug Barzelay certainly have been in many bottles over the years - so who could give you a …
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Vosne-Romanée Les Petits-Monts is a delightful vineyard, and one of the gems of Vosne-Romanée and is getting more and more fame and attraction. One plot is however both relatively unknown but also very well located indeed. I am of cause talking about the plot owned by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti …
[Read more...] about Terroir View: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti , “Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts”
Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts is a beautiful vineyard, and one of the gems of Vosne-Romanée is the elegant and refined Petit-Monts from Maison Joseph Drouhin. Or should I say the wine of Véronique Drouhin - as she like her siblings have her own special wine within the large Drouhin …
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Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts is a delightful vineyard, and as global warming progresses it seems like vineyards like Petits Monts improve and perhaps produce even more delicate and intense wines. One of the largest owners of Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet who now have …
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The Corton Rognets is a relatively rare bird from Bruno Clavalier. The 2010 is showing beautifully - gorgeous fruit and a lovely deep earthy minerality. Not a big and dense Corton but intense, fruity and refined - notes of blue berries, raspberries with a floral hint. On the palate intense and vivid …
