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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
One of the first articles I made for this blog was an article about Echézeaux. While the article have been very popular with the readers, it really needs an update … so here we go. Echézeaux is a very large and complex vineyard, and its therefore impossible to make one article, that covers …
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The Grands-Echezeaux is somehow the slightly overlooked wine in the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti lineup. It is however a magnificent wine in its own right, but is of course somewhat overshadowed by the four top reds - Richebourg, Romanee Saint-Vivant, La Tâche and Romanee-Conti. In this article I …
This is a new format on the blog ... articles where the location of the terroir of one wine is uncovered in depth and detail. First out is the Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus, one of the relatively few single climate and single plot Echezeaux's on the market. …
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La Tâche is a legendary grand cru with a quite interesting history. It has always been a monopole - but nevertheless the monopole status have been challenged and the vineyard expanded quite dramatically within the last 100 years. The history of La Tâche involves some of the most prominent …
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After a week with some discussions about premox and some rather interesting views on drinking windows for white Burgundies I really began to wonder ... what is the expected lifespan for a village Meursault these days ... should it age for 10 years in the cellar or should it be consumed within …
[Read more...] about How long should I keep a village Meursault?
