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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Maison Louis Latour is controvercial quality wise today - and the 1971 Chateau Corton Grancy sadly show some of the same characteristics of the current and recent vintages. It's sweet and forward in the bouquet showing evidense of the quite warm conditions in 1971 - the fruit is however still alive …
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Grivelet is for various reasons a quite notorius estate in Burgundian history .. but lets focus at the wine at hand - a Vosne-Romanée village 1961. It's a fully mature wine in good conditions - a slight metallic note after some time in the glass does nevertheless suggest it's a bit past it's peak. …
To be honest I rarely taste the wines from Domaine Leroy - and to taste a Vosne-Romanée Beaux Monts 2013 is really a treat. Many 2013s are showing beautifully currently - and this is also he case with the Leroy Beaux Monts - open, floral and expressive. The nose is brimming with red and dark berry …
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I was delighted that I had the opportunity to visit Domaine Leflaive on my March 2017 trip to Burgundy ... to taste some of the 2015s with the new manager of the estate Pierre Vincent. Me and Leflaive - we go back many years - and she (Anne-Claude Leflaive) has given me some of the greatest …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Leflaive, Tasting of the 2015s from cask
Burgundy has changed quite radically since I began my quest for great Pinot and Chardonnay in the early 1990s Back then producers had at least some older vintages to sell, and the media coverage was less focused on the new and latest vintage, as were the focus of the consumers as they were able …
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