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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2014 Domaine Leflaive Pulight-Montrachet is a very refined and elegant wine. The nose offer pure and crystaline white orchard fruits supported by a lovely citrus infused minerality. On the palate very delicate and detailed - offering plenty of length and intensity in a effortless and airy way. …
[Read more...] about Domaine Leflaive, Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon 2014
The Tessier Genevrieres is a very impressive effort for the vintage. The nose offer deep and crisp white fruit with lovely notes of white orchard fruits and flowers all brought forward by a quite powerful minerality and infused with some discrete new oak notes. On the palate very balanced, very pure …
[Read more...] about Domaine Tessier, Meursault Genevrieres 2011
The two greatest vineyards of the Gevrey-Chambertin appellations is without doubt Le Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze ... although I adore Ruchottes Chambertin for hedonistic reasons purely. One could even argue that Le Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze in fact is one vineyard, and it …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Faiveley Clos de Bèze Les Ouvrées Rodin
Back where it all started five years ago - tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. The Winehog blog was conceptualized during a tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in July 2011 - a tasting that also had the partizipation of Clive Coates and Roy Richards of Richards Wallford. It was a very …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – tasting of the 2015 vintage
The 2014 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes is a true beauty. The bouquet offer gorgeous red fruit - sweet and deep with a lovely depth and a fine Vosne spicyness. On the palate rich, very juicy with a quite weighty mid-palate fruit for a Pacalet 1er cru. It's very pure and harmonious with a nice focus ... …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes 2014
