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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Auxey-Duresses Clos du Moulin aux Moines from Clos du Moulin Aux Moines is a truly deligtful wine. The expressive bouquet offer lovely energetic fruit with notes of white and yellow orchard fruits ... openly knit with a lovely cirtus infused minerality. On the palate open, attractive and …
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The Darviot-Perrin Bourgogne Chardonney 2012 is a tremendous effort for the vintage and this level. It's made from the vineyard Les Magnys (both village and generic) from very old vines planted in 1953. It offers true Meursault character at a very reasonable price level. In the bouquet fresh and …
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The Beaune Tuvilains 1er cru from Ambroise is a true budget Burgundy. I have tasted this wine in 2009 and 2010 and it always offers a lovely classic expression of the terroir and the vintage. The 2011 version is no exception .. in the nose fine red and dark cherries - pure and quite transparent with …
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The Mercurey La Framboisiére 2012 from Faiveley is a delightfully fruity glass of pinot. Not often I drink Mercurey .. a shame really .. but was tempted by this wine at a restaurant in Beaune. In the bouquet lovely red berry fruit notes of raspberries, red currant - forward, cool and airy. On the …
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The Saint-Aubin Le Banc 2012 from Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is a rich and ripe Saint-Aubin. In the nose rich yellow fruit .. notes of pineapple, almonds and apple ... hints of gunpowder .. quite expressively spiced with minerality, oak and citrus. On the palate deep and quite dense yellow fruit for a …
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