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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Malconsort is a big step up from the Beaux Monts ... with its combination of power and refinement. The bouquet is slightly restrained - as most Malconsorts tend to be at this stage - but one sence the additional weight and depth in the layered fruit. On the palate intense and weighty fruit - …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dujac, Vosne Aux Malconsorts 2013
The Criots Bartard-Montrachet is a masterpiece rivaling or even surpassing some of the best Batards produced in this vintage. Oliver has also employed high density plantings on Criots Batard … and this has in my view taken this wine to another level. The nose offer very intense and deeply expressive …
[Read more...] about Domaine Hubert Lamy, Criots Batard-Montrachet 2013
The Grands Echexeaux is quite a step up in quality from the lovely Echezeaux. In the nose deep layered red and dark berry fruit spiced with hints of cinnamon, violets and coffee. On the palate deeper and more layered fruit ... refined but more weighty than the other wines. A classic Grands Echezeaux …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Grands Echezeaux 2013
La Romanee 2013 is a as always quite a step up from the Echezeaux ... to a more serious yet also refined level. In the bouquet layers of very intense fruit - notes of boysenberries, cherries, violets and peony rose - brought forward by a very refined mineral infused acidity. On the palate layers of …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2013
The Echezeaux is one of the highlights in the 2013 Liger-Belair lineup - made from old vines in the climates Cruots, Champs Traversin and a small plot in Clos St. Denis. In the bouquet layers of juicy and quite vibrant red and dark fruits - notes of boysenberries, pomegranate - energized by a …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2013
