Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2007 Batard-Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a sensational wine - and among the best white Burgundies I have tasted. The bouquet is crammed with orchard fruits - very intense but still cool, crisp and airy with a beautiful supporting mineral note. It's young but the complexity is …
[Read more...] about Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Batard-Montrachet 2007
The 2002 Meursault Clos des Ambres is slightly introvert and reserved. It's made from the village terroir En l'Ormeau - old vines with a average age of more than 50 years. The nose is offering notes of apple, gunpowder ... slightly backward and austere. On the palate very focused with a quite …
[Read more...] about Arnaud Ente, Meursault Clos des Ambres 2002
First white from Louis-Michel - from the newly acquired vineyard Clos des Grandes Vignes in the southern Nuits-Saint-Georges. The wines were re-grafted with Chardonney in 2010 - so this is a fairly new vineyard for the whites. Around 35% new oak is used. The bouquet is quite expressive with notes of …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Nuits Clos des Grandes Vignes Blanc 2012
The Bourgogne Blanc 2011 from Comte de Vogue is showing beautifully. In the bouquet lovely pure and crisp white fruit - with notes of acacia flower, pear and a quite intense citrus infused minerality. On the palate quite rich fruit supported by a crisp acidity and the slightly edgy but filigree …
The 2000 Meursault Clos de la barre from Comte Lafon is now reaching maturity. In the bouquet mature yellow fruit with notes of pear, almonds and a citrus infused minerality - discrete hints of belle de boskoop and coffee, On the palate zappy acidity and a lovely mature fruit - focused with a lovely …
[Read more...] about Comte Lafon, Meursault Clos de la barre 2000
