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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru from Mugneret-Gibourg is made from the young vines in Ruchottes Chambertin. It's slightly closed now - but still offering a charming display of terroir and cool 2010 fruit. In the bouquet dark berry fruit with notes of red and dark cherries and liquorice. On the palate …
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The Montrachet 2011 from Bouchard is a refined and very balanced masterpiece. The bouquet is offering pure crystaline cool orchard fruits - intense but airy ... with discrete citrus notes and a powerful but very filligree stony minerality. On the palate very intense with a very long mineralic …
The Corton-Charlemagne 2011 from Bouchard is a gorgeous and classic Charlie. The bouquet is crystaline in it's purity ... with pure ripe and fresh orchard fruits, citrus notes and a powerful but filligree minerality. On the palate very fresh and crisp fruit, a very vibrant acidity and a powerful …
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I used to be slightly ambivalent about the big houses in Burgundy .... in some sense it's tremendously impressive they can produce an almost infinite number of bottles each year and still maintain a high quality, on the other hand one sometimes feels that something is missing .... a human touch or a …
The Colombiere 2011 is showing well from bottle. The nose is offering pure red berry fruit with a lovely Vosne spicyness - notes of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely quite silky and very harmonious fruit - with a nice tension from the underlying minerality. It's very focused for a village …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne La Colombiere 2011
