Dugat-Py in Gevrey-Chambertin is in many ways a quite extreme producer, with very concentrated and intense wines. Some really adore his style, while others dislike the quite extracted wines he makes. While the level of extraction have been reduced since the 90s it's still interesting to see how …
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In the Glass – Alsace seen from a different perspective
When I began tasting wines back in the late 1980s Alsace was one of my first focus areas, and I was even on a tour to Alsace to taste wines from a few selected producers. Then I fell in love with the Mosel wines - and that sort of ended my romance with the Alsace juice. Seen with my Mosel …
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Philippe Pacalet – ageing potential of low SO2 wines
Natural wines are very popular in Denmark, and the use of SO2 in the vinification have become very controversial among certain groups of winos. In my view this hysteria have given us a lot of very poor so called natural wines - many of them are heavily oxidized and almost undrinkable. Some …
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Tasting of Comte Lafon Volnays 1997, 2002 and 2004
Dominique Lafon is one of the iconic winemakers in Burgundy - known for his excellent white Burgundies and to some degree also for his fine reds from Volnay and Monthelie. Dominique is a quite rare guest in Copenhagen, and the Danish importer of Lafon - Vinrosen - took the opportunity to arrange a …
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In The Glass – Alsacian Pinot Noir from Chile
I taste a lot of different wines from all over the world - and normally only wines from Burgundy, Champagne, Mosel and Bordeaux are mentioned on the blog. There are however no rules without exceptions and these Alsacian Pinot Noirs from Chile deserves to be mentioned. The man behind these wines is …
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