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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
June 2018 - First time at Domaine Felettig in Chambolle-Musigny just at the entrance to the village, an exciting tasting. The Felettig estate is owned by Gilbert and Christine Felettig - brother and sister - the estate is 12.5 ha and include almost 100 plots scattered all over the northen part of …
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The Bertheau Bonnes Mares 2008 is certainly a lovely surprise. It's fresh, vivacious and quite intense. The nose offer layers of fine fruit, red and dark berries with sous-bois infused saline minerality. On the palate quite weighty and with a lovely saline tone - very elegant and vibrant. Lovely …
Recently I tasted a great - semi-aged Burgundy - the mighty Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares 1999. Indeed a big and intense wine - that has reached the initial stage of maturity. Yet quite far from full maturity, but now shedding it's youthful fruit and getting some tertiary aromas, and the tar …
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One of the relatively unknown Romanée Saint-Vivant is the Domaine de l'Arlot ... a wine with almost 20 years history. While the quality from this estate is very fine, the Romanée Saint-Vivant is often forgotten in the big Grand Cru game, and this is rather sad. The l'Arlot does deserve and demand …
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Jean-Yves Bizot have produced a fine Vosne-Romanée Les Jachees 2006. The bouquet is starting to unfold with organic free fruit, although the dark note of 2006 is still there. On the palate relatively rich, red and dark fruits with the Bizot fruit showing beautifully in the finish. A fine 2006 .. but …
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