Winehog - Burgundy with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I now travel to Burgundy 5 to 6 times a year to taste wines from the best producers.
From each visit I produce an article with tasting notes and relevant informations about the producer and the vintage at hand.
Some growers' philosophy is difficult to convey or even understand, not because it is incomprehensible, but rather due to my limited intellectual capacity. I have to fully understand and comprehend the wines and the grower to write about them cogently. Sometimes, even though I like, and …
[Read more...] about On the hill – Tasting some of the Hoffmann-Jayer 2019s
Embarrassing... The Winehog (aka Steen Öhman) seems to have forgotten to report the results from the tasting at Domaine Sirugue - in March! Mistakes have been made - clearly - during these COVID-19 times. But still, this is not a proud moment. My apologies to Sirugue, and to the readers who …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Robert Sirugue – tasting the 2018 vintage
I have been following the progress at Domaine Trapet for years. When I tasted the 2010s I got really excited, and was thrilled by the airy lightness of the wines' character. (This is how I normally start an article...) But these are not normal times. Global warming, Covid-19 - the world …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Trapet – tasting the 2018s from cask
Not surprisingly, Alix Millot at Domaine Jean-Marc Millot made some splendid wines in 2019. The wines live up to my - very high - expectations, and from the entry level to the Grands Echezeaux we find the vivacious style that is the trademark of 2019: hedonistic, in the best sense of the …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Jean-Marc Millot – tasting the 2019s from cask
Domaine Moron-Garcia - one of the most exciting new estates - has a very special and exotic vinification technique that uses a combination of whole cluster, baie-par-baie berries, and machine-destemmed grapes in their top cuvees. Pierre-Olivier Garcia sent me the photo below from the weekends …
[Read more...] about Baie-par-baie 2020 at Domaine Moron-Garcia
