The Grands-Echezeaux is somehow the slightly overlooked wine in the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti lineup. It is however a magnificent wine in its own right, but is of course somewhat overshadowed by the four top reds - Richebourg, Romanee Saint-Vivant, La Tâche and Romanee-Conti. In this article I …
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Terroir insight – Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus
This is a new format on the blog ... articles where the location of the terroir of one wine is uncovered in depth and detail. First out is the Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus, one of the relatively few single climate and single plot Echezeaux's on the market. …
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La Tâche – a historic view on a legendary grand cru
La Tâche is a legendary grand cru with a quite interesting history. It has always been a monopole - but nevertheless the monopole status have been challenged and the vineyard expanded quite dramatically within the last 100 years. The history of La Tâche involves some of the most prominent …
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Fixin Clos de la Perriére … the forgotten Téte de Cuvée
In 1855 when Lavalle made his classification of the Burgundy vineyards only a few vineyards outside the "main" appellations were classified as Téte de Cuvée. One of these vineyards is located in Fixin and is unknown to most Burgundy connaisseurs today ... Fixin La Perriére better known as Fixin …
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Vosne-Romanee Les Gaudichots – History, owners & wines – update
The Vosne Romanee Les Gaudichot is the relatively unknown neighbourg of the great La Tache vineyard. Collectors are however beginning to appreciate the Gaudichot terroir - and the demand for the few bottles made is rising year after year. The history of Les Gaudichots is very interesting and …
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