Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The mysterious world of Gevrey-Chambertin - the reemerging appellation. I got off on the wrong foot with Gevrey-Chambertin back in the 1990s ... buying and tasting extracted, concentrated and or decade-macerated wines. Back in the days where many of these wines tasted more like a Bordeaux with the …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Duroché – tasting of the 2015s from cask
Domaine Cathiard is now established as one of the top estates in Burgundy - quality has been truly impressive since the 2011 vintage - and the prices have skyrocketed in the great market as demand has grown exponentially. So expectations are high when you visit the modern estate buildings at …
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Passion is all .... wine made without passion is merely a agricultural product ... but the energy and passion transferred to the wine can elevate a wine to something more than just fermented grape juice - it can become an expression, a desire, a statement and reflection of a personality. Axelle …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont – tasting the 2015s
Middle earth, full o' stones may best describe this section of Beaune. The symbolic Grand cru site is Beaune-Greves, replete with history back to the early church foundations. Although it has continued to increase in size over the centuries, the spiritual center of Greves has remained …
[Read more...] about Collins Corner #11 -The core of the Beaune appellation
One of the new very exiting estates in Burgundy is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet - it involves Domaine Berthaut in Fixin, Domaine Gerbet in Vosne-Romanée and some rented vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin. The estate has now changed name to Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet (in previous vintages it was a mix of …
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