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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Grand Jours de Bourgogne is a very big event. There were 57 produceres at the Vosne Romanee tasting with around 200 wines - mostly from the 2010 vintage. At the same time tastings were held for Morey+Chambolle in Gilly, Nuit-Saint-Georges at NSG, and Gevrey Chambertin in Marsannay. In total more …
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The main tasting at this years Grand Jours de Bourgogne was the Vosne Romanee tasting. The tasting was held at Chateau Clos de Vougeot on March 20th - 2012 Most of the leading producers of Vosne Romanee, Echezeau, Grands Echezeaux and Clos de Vougeot attended this event. While the tastings of …
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The Grand Jours de Bourgogne is the perfect chance to get an overview of a vintage. This year the fine 2010 vintage was on display. My tastings at Chateau Clos de Vougeot, in Gilly and in Nuit-Saint-Georges gave a somewhat blurred picture of the 2010 vintage. Quite a lot of wines are still on …
The Clos de la Roche 1993 from Ponsot is a big tannic wine. It's beginning to soften a little, and is now showing a little more red fruit. It's a little more approachable than in 2008, where it was very youthfull, but the development is very slow. The bouquet is now showing some sweet red fruits - …
The 1947 Clos de Vougeot from Henri de Villamont is a wine from the Dr. Barolet collection. I have had quite a lot of Barolet wines, some outstanding, others more ordinary. This 47 is sadly one of the more ordinary bottles - but with a surprising freshness. The bouquet is showing quite a lot of …
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