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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambolle 1er cru 2011 from Vogue is a lovely display of Chambolle minerality. It's made from young vines - below 25 years - on the Musigny grand cru vineyard - and this origin gives a special wine. It has some of the muscular minerality of the Musigny, but lack some off the weight, focus and …
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The Bonnes Mares 2011 from Vogue is a well balanced effort. In the bouquet fine fruit - notes of blueberries, pomegranate and raspberries - darker than the other Vogue wines - with a deep eathy minerality. On the palate layers of rich almost dense fruit ... perfectly balanced with a fine focus and …
On my recent trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to re-visit one of the rising stars of Burgundy - Domaine Dublere. A little background - Domaine Dublere was founded in 2003 by the American journalist Blair Pethel. The first vintage was 2004, and the domaine has since then gradually expanded the …
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The Chambolle village 2011 from Vogue is a bit of a walk on the wild side at the moment. In the bouquet fine Chambolle minerality - notes of blueberries, raspberries and elderberries - quite outgoing. On the palate nice candied and jellied fruit - good focus with support from the quite firm tannins …
The 2002 Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux from Lafouge is a lovely old school Meursault. In the bouquet matured yellow fruit with notes of melon, apple, hazelnuts and a nice citrus infused minerality. On the palate quite zappy acidity and a lovely fresh fruit - focused with very fine minerality for this …
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