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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Coeur de Roy 1999 is starting to show. In the nose dark and intense fruit - notes of raspberries, blueberries, a hint of iron, sous-bois and truffle peel. On the palate dense and very weighty for a village, with a powerful structure of tannins as a backbone. The midpalate fruit is quite lovely …
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The 2000 Meursault Clos de la barre from Comte Lafon is now reaching maturity. In the bouquet mature yellow fruit with notes of pear, almonds and a citrus infused minerality - discrete hints of belle de boskoop and coffee, On the palate zappy acidity and a lovely mature fruit - focused with a lovely …
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The Bourgogne Blanc 2011 from Antoine Jobard is a very balanced and harmonious wine - made from the three village climates Sous la Velle, En l'Ormeau and La Monatine. The bouquet is fresh and youthful with pear and some more exotic elements of peach and mango - spiced with a discrete minerality. On …
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On my September trip to Burgundy I had he opportunity to taste the 2012s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. I tasted some of the wines already in March 2013 - and they showed great promise - so I was very exited to taste the whole range. Needless to say - I was not disappointed - the 2012s …
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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 …
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