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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambertin from Domaine Armand Rousseau is by many regarded as the king of Chambertin. There is however a queen of the Chambertin vineyard that to some degree can rival the king. In fact the queen seem to reign the hill at least regarding exclusivity and rarity. The queen is of cause Mme …
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The weather is a bit more mixed in Burgundy today - yet still possible to harvest more whites. This morning - August 31 - Domaine Hubert Lamy is harvesting Saint-Aubin Chateniere and Remilley - the latter one of my favourites in the lovely Olivier Lamy lineup. Photo: Olivier Lamy - Domaine …
The harvest teams are busy these days - focussing on some of the great white terrois. This morning - August 30 - Domaine Leflaive began to harvest their quite extensive plots in Chevaluer-Montrachet. Armand Heitz of Domaine Heitz-Lochardet harvested the Chevalier-Montrachet Monday - August 28 …
The 2017 harvest is progressing rather rapidly, and more and more now in the vineyards harvesting the whites. Domaine Hubert Lamy harvested through the weekend, and the Criots Batard-Montrachet was picked on Sunday - August 27th. This morning Domaine Leflaive began the harvest with …
Domaine Heresztyn-Mazzini is a relatively new name in Gevrey-Chambertin, but the origin of the estate is the old Heresztyn domaine. Florence Heresztyn and her husband Simon Mazzini - who originates from Champagne - have made great improvements since they took over in 2012 - and are now making …
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