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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Colombiere 2013 is quite a step up from the generic village - as it offers a more focused and refined expression of terroir. The nose display deep fruit - showing lovely juicy red and dark berries - bursting with Vosne spicyness - violets and cinnamon - combined with a nice expression of …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges Lavieres offer a slightly darker side of the Liger-Belair lineup. In the nose lovely red and dark berry fruit spiced with a nice earthy minerality and a healthy dose of new oak. The palate offers quite weighty fruit - seems a bit darker than in the previous vintages - very …
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The Vosne Romanee Village - slightly reduced - offer a lovely spicy nose - red and dark berry fruit spiced with violets, pepper and cinnamon. The palate show lovely weighty fruit - good complexity - fine midpalate concentration for this level. The finish is surprisingly focused thanks to the vibrant …
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Only the second vintage of this white for Louis-Michel - from the recently acquired vineyard Clos des Grandes Vignes in the southern Nuits-Saint-Georges. The wines were re-grafted with Chardonnay in 2010 - so this is a fairly new vineyard for the whites. Around 40% new oak is used. The bouquet is …
The Chavalier Montrachet is quite a step up from the Batard in both weight and mineralic refinement. Slightly reduced but nevertheless offer deep layered fruit ... notes of white flowers, accacia blossom ... infused with a filigree and refined minerality. On the palate rich, almost silky, weighty …
[Read more...] about Domaine Leflaive, Chevallier-Montrachet 2013
