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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The top of the Frantin line is the Richebourg - from a plot located at the very top of Les Verroilles ou Richebourg. The 2012 edition of this wine offer a classic and refined expression of this fantastic terroir. The bouquet is slightly reduced but offering complex layers of red and dark fruit, …
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The 2007 Clos du Chateau from Liger-Belair is a very good and quite typical for the vintage. In the bouquet spicy red and dark berry fruit - notes of raspberries, cherries and cinnamon - still with quite a impression of oak. On the palate sweet and slightly candied fruit, intense this level with a …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Clos du Chateau 2007
The Volnay Caillerets 2005 from Lucien Le Moine is a surprisingly accessible and forward wine. In the nose red and blue berry fruit - notes of raspberries, blueberries and hints of cherries. The bouquet is wonderfully spiced with violets, a nice stony minerality and a touch of oak. On the palate …
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Les Hauts de Beaux Monts is a very interesting terroir located high on the slope above Vosne Beaux-Monts. The nose offer crisp red and dark berry fruit, with notes of raspberries and blueberries - quite floral - but with the oak more present than in the other three Vosne villages from Clavelier. On …
[Read more...] about Bruno Clavelier, Vosne-Romanee Les Hauts de Beaux Monts
Meursault Blagny is quite well known among Burgundy drinkers and collectors, but have you ever heard about Le Blagny-Blanc? The appellations of Burgundy are numerous and the system is not always logical and straightforward, so I often turn to Lavalle, when I want to get a historic view on the …
[Read more...] about Le Blagny-Blanc – overlooked and forgotten?
