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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2012 Bourgogne Blanc from Domaine Comte de Vogüé is a quite weighty effort. The bouquet is bursting with exotic fruits, hints of oak, anis and a citrus infused minerality. On the palate rich and weighty with a very fine mineralic drive. The oak is currently quite forward in the wine - but in my …
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The Carillon Puligny Les Perrieres 2004 is really showing well. The nose is offering matured fruit .. still fresh ... with a delightful flinty minerality infused with some spicy citrus notes. On the palate beautifully balanced between structure and richness ... very nicely focused by the fine …
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Yes! ... this bottle of Lafon Meursault Clos de Barre 2004 is really singing. In the nose fresh matured fruit, citrus driven minerality ... with lovely complex notes of hazelnuts on the top. On the palate fresh and vibrant fruit ... quite weighty with fine energy and focus. No sign of the 04 dense …
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The Criots-Batard-Montrachet 1989 from Hubert Lamy is a delightfully fresh effort. The nose is still crisp and vibrant with cool yellow fruit, hazelnuts and a slightly salty minerality. On the palate medium bodied with focused and refined fruit supported by a lovely mineralic backbone. It's pure …
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The Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne 1993 is one of the best and most refined white Burgundies I have ever tasted. The nose is offering a fantastic and almost elusive complexity - white and yellow fruit, delicate nuances of hazelnuts, gunpowder, flint and a very filigree minerality. Matured but still …
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