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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Y. Clerget has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, really setting the bar high amongst Volnay and Pommard vignerons. The estate's Volnay Santenots 2020 really impressed me with its energy and verve - a magnificent wine. Let's take a quick look at the Clerget …
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When I reach my birthday (57) I always tend to reflect for a moment (see above), to decide if I like what I see when I look at myself in the mirror. I will spare you my reflections on weight and the growing bald spot, and get to the wine point - the Burgundy point. In the ideal world of …
La Pousse d'Or occupies a strange blind spot in my Burgundian mind, as the greatness of its historic efforts and its rebuilding under Patrick Landanger was just getting under way when I began to collect Burgundies in the mid- to late-1990s. I never really knew the old estate management under …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Pousse d’Or: The Past Embraces the Future
Via Patrick Landanger's dedication, Domaine de la Pousse d'Or has expanded significantly from its original Santenay/Volnay base. Beginning in 1997, Landanger acquired some significant plots on the Corton hill; first, 0.48 hectare of Corton Bressandes from Jaboulet-Vercherre, and then 3 ha of …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Pousse d’Or: The Northern Delights Plus Puligny
The Aux Montagnes has lovely, cool fruit, and is harmonious and well-structured. It's cooler and more precise than some of the other negociant wines from Charles Lachaux in 2019; quite the hedonistic treat still. I love the wine's character and its expression of the terroir. Bravo; it's always …
[Read more...] about Domaine Charles Lachaux Côte de Nuits Villages Aux Montagnes 2019
