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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine du Puy de l'Ours is a new estate with a very interesting profile and some lovely food-supporting and culinary-enhancing wines These nice people make six wines each year, three reds and three whites, including a white made from Pinot Noir - a blanc de noir! This sort of sets the tone for …
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Edouard Confuron (a part of the big Confuron family) is also a core part of the Confuron-Gindre estate, which is in Vosne-Romanée just below La Grande Rue next to Domaine Meo-Camuzet. Edouard is working with his father but is also creating his own estate with some very interesting …
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It is always a treat to visit Nicolas Groffier, and in 2023, he has made a home run. The 2023s are even more precise, energetic, and vivid than the 2022s; they underline the strength of the 2023 vintage. Nicolas Groffier has produced lovely wines in both of these vintages, however, when it comes …
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Visiting Domaine Marc Roy is always a pleasure. Alexandrine Roy knows what she is doing, and she knows how to make and sell her wines: through quality, hedonism, joyfulness and charm. Some history of the Marc Roy estate Alexandrine is the fourth generation at the domaine. She is runs it …
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The 2022s are receiving quite a lot of acclaim already, and some of the wines are without doubt outstandingly good I have however decided to downgrade my score for the 2022 vintage “a notch” ... and here is why! There is a tedious or even annoying issue with some of the 2022s reds ... as …
