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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The first impressions I get from the new vintage is often an extensive tasting at Maison Philippe Pacalet. The wines from Pacalet are perfect for this purpose as the finish malolactic fermentation very early and even more importantly they have a very pure and clear expression of the vintage and the …
[Read more...] about Visit Philippe Pacalet – tasting the 2015s – the village wines
On my March trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure to revisit Chantereves- one of the rising stars within the world of micro negociants. Tomoko explaining about the new wine Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Damodes Chantereves, Savigny, Rhingau and Japan Chantereves is a small negociant located in a …
[Read more...] about Visit – Maison Chantereves – tasting the 2015 reds
It's easy to be overwhelmed by all the Grand Crus made by Bouchard Pere et Fils, but there are other gems in the large portfolio of this big house ... and in my view the wines from the Monthélie appellation are some of them. I tasted the regular Monthélie from cask in November 2015 - and it was a …
[Read more...] about Bouchard Pere et Fils, Monthélie Les Duresses 2014
The Corton from Bouchard is one of my reference wines on the big hill - as it has performed well quite consistently over many years. The Bouchard Corton is from the Le Corton section at the very top of the vineyard, a section with a high proportion of limestone - this yields an intensely mineral …
The Beaux Monts 2014 from Grivot is a delicate and sexy. The bouquet is bursting with delicate Vosne spices and pure red fruits - almost perfumed. On the palate airy and juicy red fruit - refined and very transparent - medium weight and quite long with beautiful filigree minerality in the finish. A …
[Read more...] about Domaine Etienne Grivot, Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux-Monts 2014
