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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2006 showing quite well. In the bouquet yellow fruits - melon, apple and gooseberries with a hint of anise and oak. It's quite refined and discrete. On the palate fine and well structured with good acidity and minerality. The wine is quite openly knit for a …
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This Coche-Dury Meursault 2009 is showing much better than the bottle tasted in October 2011. In the bouquet yellow fruit, acacia, grape fruit, with elements of gun powder and popcorn. A more exotic and discrete expression than normally found in young Coche wines. On the palate quite dense and lush …
The 2006 Chambolle village from Dujac is a very good wine - but slightly more backward than a lot of other 06 village wines. In the bouquet raspberries, cherries, black cherries and Gooseberries - slightly closed. On the palate quite tight, focused, with a very good zappy acidity for a 2006. Lovely …
The Dujac Aux Combottes 1999 is surely but slowly opening up and starting to show the glory of the 1999 vintage. In the bouquet red and green strawberries, gooseberries and cherries with hints of redcurrent. On the palate quite fresh and surpriingly crisp pinot aromas. Lovely fruit, still tight but …
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The Vosne Romanee Les Hautes Maizieres is normally one of my favorite Roch wines ... but it's getting quite expensive. Haut Maizieres is in my view among the better village vineyards in Vosne Romanee, with a fine and quite delicate minerality. The 2009 edition of Hautes Maizieres is quite open, but …
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