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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras 2002 is now showing matured notes. In the bouquet red berry fruit with notes of sous-bois, orange and liqourice. On the palate lovely pure and ripe red fruits - good freshness and nerve - with a lovely transparancy. It's medium bodied with a lovely mineralic …
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The Chambertin Clos de Beze 2006 from Pascal Lachaux is a big and burly wine. In the bouquet quite rustic dark and red berry fruit with som animalistic elements and a earthy minerlity. On the palate rustic and dense fruit - fine length and minerality. It's a big wine ... but in my view lacking some …
[Read more...] about Pascal Lachaux, Chambertin Clos de Beze 2006
The Chambertin 2009 from Rossignol-Trapet is a mixed bag of goodies. The bouquet is very open, with toasted oak, fine almost airy red berry fruit and a beautiful stony minerality from the mighty Chambertin terroir. On the palate quite lightfooted for a 2009 Grand Cru with a quite cool fruit and a …
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The Vosne Romanee village Hauts de Beaux Monts 2009 from Bruno Clavelier is showing quite well. In the nose red and dark berry with notes of cherries, blueberries, raspberries and a quite strong scent of elderflowers and elderberries - spiced with a stony minerality from the fine village terroir. On …
[Read more...] about Bruno Clavelier, Vosne Les Hauts de Beaux Monts 2009
The Vosne Romanee village 2008 from Meo is slightly closed - but still quite accessible. In the nose red berry fruit .. liquorice ... hint of tar in the finish. On the palate quite rich dark fruit - a bit dense and slightly extracted for the vintage. Lovely balance between the fruit and the quite …
[Read more...] about Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne Romanee 2008
