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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is back as a producer of Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts after 89 years of absence. The estate will expand in 2022, with 2.65 hectares of new plots in prominent vineyards, including its first plots in Grands Echezeaux, Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts, La Croix Rameau, …
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The northern part of the Richebourg vineyard is - or at least was - called Les Verroilles sous Richebourg. The two parts of Richebourg are today labeled as one vineyard, and talk about the differences between the two is now rare, and random. But there are some interesting geological and …
While Burgundy is a very old, historic area, not all is what it seems regarding its wines and appellations. The Montrachet area - with Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, and the more recent Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet - was actually formalized in …
Comte Louis-Michel Liger-Belair of the Chateau de Vosne-Romanée is now helping to make wine in Pommard, having entered an agreement with the owners of Pommard's Clos de la Commaraine to assist making the wine from this historic 3.75-ha monopole vineyard. Tasting the 2018s at Domaine du Comte …
I adore Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses, the wine from one of the most vivid and sensual vineyards in Burgundy. It is a vineyard with tremendous potential and a legendary reputation. There are great estates in the village of Chambolle which have been at the top of the producer tree for the last …
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