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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
One of the top wines of Domaine Dujac is the Bonnes Mares .. although I do have many favourite cuvées from this fine estate. While Dujac makes both a Chambertin and a Romanée Saint-Vivant, these are very rare indeed and almost impossible to get hold of, so the Bonnes Mares could perhaps be …
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This year Grand Jours de Bourgogne included a Dégustation Prestige of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru ... as it did two years ago. It's a tasting of around 20 wines from the Clos de Vougeot vineyard - this year with the oldest being a 1989 from Domaine Joseph Drouhin and the youngest being a 2008 from …
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It's this time of the year - when I usually taste the lineup of Domaine Roulot - and why change a splendid tradition. The tasting of the 2016s were however somewhat different to the earlier years, as the frost had caused some adjustments to the lineup. First things first - no Meursault …
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As mentioned in my report on new talents, improved estates and rising stars - the Domaine Thomas Collardot is, in my view, a coming rising star in Puligny-Montrachet. Jacqueline Collardot with her son Matthieu at Grands Jours de Bourgogne 2018 It is of cause quite early to say, as the first …
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Grands Jours de Bourgogne is one of the opportunities to check out new producers, and to evaluate progress amongst the known producers. I have found a quite few producers that are worth taking a look at - as progress have been made - and a few new producers - that I, at least, have not mentioned …
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