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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Bourgogne Rouge Roncevie 2010 from Domaine Arlaud is a quite delightful little wine. In the nose red fruits - raspberries, with hints of gooseberries. On the palate fine pure pinot fruit, a good balance. It's not a very complex wine, but it has the wonderful freshness and structure of the 2010 …
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The 2010 Meursault from Francois Mikulski is a crisp and fresh village wine. The bouquet offer fresh and crisp minerality, discrete yellow fruits - melon/pear - and a crisp acidity interlinged with the citrus notes. On the palate very elegant and refined acidity with a good expression of the …
The Grand Jours de Bourgogne is a very big event. There were 57 produceres at the Vosne Romanee tasting with around 200 wines - mostly from the 2010 vintage. At the same time tastings were held for Morey+Chambolle in Gilly, Nuit-Saint-Georges at NSG, and Gevrey Chambertin in Marsannay. In total more …
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The main tasting at this years Grand Jours de Bourgogne was the Vosne Romanee tasting. The tasting was held at Chateau Clos de Vougeot on March 20th - 2012 Most of the leading producers of Vosne Romanee, Echezeau, Grands Echezeaux and Clos de Vougeot attended this event. While the tastings of …
[Read more...] about Grand Jours de Bourgogne – Vosne Romanee 2010 vintage
The Grand Jours de Bourgogne is the perfect chance to get an overview of a vintage. This year the fine 2010 vintage was on display. My tastings at Chateau Clos de Vougeot, in Gilly and in Nuit-Saint-Georges gave a somewhat blurred picture of the 2010 vintage. Quite a lot of wines are still on …
