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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I tasted quite a few interesting wines at social gatherings while celebrating Christmas and New Year. Lafon galore .. the good, the ugly Starting out with the whites I tasted three wines from Comte Lafon two 2004s - Les Perrieres and Les Charmes, and one sadly premoxed example of the 2001 …
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On my November trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to visit Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé for a tasting of the 2014 vintage from cask. It's always a treat to taste at Comte de Vogüé, and to hear Francois Millet explain the vintage in his own philosophical way ... for me it usually set the …
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On my November trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure to revisit Chantereves- one of the rising stars within the world of micro negociants. Tomoko explaining the new style of the reds Chantereves, Savigny, Rhingau and Japan Chantereves is a small negociant located in a celler below a modern …
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The Tessier Genevrieres is a gorgeous Meursault. The nose offer deep and crisp fruit - fresh notes of orchard fruits and white flowers brought forward by a quite powerful filigree minerality. On the palate very balanced, pure and focused - It's racy, it's very vibrant and energetic for the vintage. …
[Read more...] about Domaine Tessier, Meursault Genevrieres 2011
Domaine Marc Roy is in my view one of the best producers in Gevrey-Chambertin - with a very fine selection of village wines. Alexandrine Roy is the dynamic winemaker at Domaine Marc Roy and she has produced some lovely 2014s - wines I tasted in March 2015. The 2014s are now bottled and the 2015s …
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