I have now tasted most of the white 2024s on my tasting program, and have been very pleased with the quality level, but also surprised by finding quite a few whites with a truly zen-like delicacy. In general, 2024 was haunted by the wet and rainy conditions and mildew, but somehow some of the …
Vintage d`émotion
Rating 2024 with the 2022s, 2023s and 2025s in mind
There is no reason to beat around the mildew-infested bushes ... 2024 is not a great year for the reds, while I have more hope for the whites. The 2024 reds are in the same league as 2021 ... however, 2021 has more substance, and 2024 requires a lot of work to get some flavours on the rather …
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Winehog Food for Thought: Phenolic Ripeness
The Winehog "Food for Thought" are my reflections on the core qualities of the wines we drink ... these are merely thoughts and reflections that I use when I try to understand and appreciate wines ... and I hope they can offer you a better insight in the qualities and potentials of the wines we …
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Léger … the key to vin d’émotion
Global warming is an increasing problem in Burgundy and recent vintages are considered to be warm or even hot seen from a historic perspective. The increasing ripeness sets a stronger focus on energy: a sense of lightness and liveliness. The French expression a "vin léger” encompasses many of the …
Vin d’émotion – Burgundies of passion … 5 years on
In the fall of 2019, four wine geeks gathered in a small house in Vosne-Romanée. The group was made up of two vignerons: Mathieu Moron, Pierre-Olivier Garcia, an amateur vigneron and wine dealer, Tavs Ritzau and me the - the critic ... the Winehog, Steen Ohman. The first article about vin …
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