While the tests of Diam started at the beginning of the 2000s, the expansive use started in 2013 with Comte Lafon, in 2014 with Domaine Leflaive and Olivier Lamy in 2015 ... 10 years ago … and things seem to work very well indeed from a premox perspective. 20 years since the start in …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin
Two words - Rousseau and Chambertin - expectations are building up, great wine ahead. While Domaine Armand Rousseau is a legendary estate in Burgundy, the history of the family holdings on Chambertin is rather limited seen in a Burgundian timeframe, as the ownership dates back to the early …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine Prieuré-Roch Chambertin Clos de Bèze
Chambertin Clos de Bèze is a large vineyard with some prominent yet somehow a bit under the radar wines from otherwise known producers. One such is Domaine Prieure-Roch in Premeaux - created by late Henri Frédéric Roch who sadly passed away in November 2018. To avid Burgundy collectors this name …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine Jean Trapet Chambertin
Trapet and Chambertin - two words that for 100 years have been closely linked together by the Trapet family's important ownership of vines in this mighty grand cru. Arthur Trapet decided to buy his first plot of Chambertin in May 1919, and this holding was later expanded to become the …
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Vineyard Insight: Puligny-Montrachet Le Cailleret
One of the best 1ers crus in Puligny-Montrachet is Le Cailleret, which neighbours both Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet - or does it? It's a unique cru. Previously a place to make red Puligny, it is today a complex collection of plots with part - actually two parts - now included in …
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