Winehog - 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.
Mark Haisma's winery is in a new business park in Gilly-les-Citeaux, the same one that houses the prominent Domaine Laurent Ponsot. I have repeated this many times, but while these new buildings are practical they are also quite ugly - aside from the Laurent Ponsot estate and the Rousseau and Dujac …
[Read more...] about Visit to Mark Haisma – Tasting the 2023 Reds
Burgundy in the wintertime can be as gloomy as a poor vintage of Nuits-Saint-Georges served too hot to enhance the overly extracted misery. I should not complain, but some days do not call for the largest smiles, however, last Thursday did actually induce both smile and laughter and some fruitful …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine d’Eugénie – Tasting the 2023s
Some articles write themselves, whereas others require more work and dedication. I love the wines from Jérôme Galeyrand, but it always takes me ages to write the articles .... the spelling the his name - the unknown vineyards. And then, to describe the greatness of these wines in a meaningful way …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand – Tasting the 2023s
Passion, talent and pride make wines and sell wines. A winemaker without passion and talent rarely if ever produces emotional wines ... and to think talent is enough, one would be mistaken ... passion and the will to go that extra mile to achieve greatness is what separates the great from the …
Back at Gouges after sadly missing the 2022s ... my fault really. The more forward and effortless style really takes Gouges to new levels, and with the vivid 2023s and a quite short elevage for the lesser wines we see some more joyful and enjoyable Gouges wines. Impressions of the 2023s …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Henri Gouges – tasting the 2023s
