Celebrating the New Year is associated with good friends, nice food and a lot of good wines. This year was no exception, as quite many good bottles was on the table. We always taste the some of the wines while preparing the food. Some of the wines are tasted at the table .... thus making detailed …
Happy New Year
The year 2011 has been a fine wine year. First and foremost winehog.org went live in July, after the idea was born in late May 2011. It's been a busy year with the winehog blog, but also a lot of fun. A lot of good wines were reviewed during the second half of 2011, and a few articles were posted. …
Philippe Pacalet, Chambolle Musigny 2009
The 2009 Chambolle village from Pacalet is beginning to close down. The bouquet is still quite open, with red coulis fruit and a fine Chambolle minerality. The palate is now more focused and slightly tannic, just after opening the bottle. Fine minerality, good length and focus. The acidity seem more …
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Frederic Cossard, Beaune 1er cru 2008
The 2008 vintage is providing a lot of pleasure, but they are slowly closing down. The Cossard Beaune 1er cru is however still quite open in the bouquet, with red fruits and a quite fine minerality. On the palate slightly closed with a core of red fruits around the strong structure of fresh acidity. …
Taittinger, Comte de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2000
The 2000 Comtes de Champagne is a big and quite powerfull Blanc de Blanc. In the bouquet ripe and rich fruit and a very fine minerality. On the palate rich with a quite full body, a fine focus made by the fine minerality and crisp acidity. At the moment very fruity, and to the rich side, but will …
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