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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambertin Clos de Bèze Les Ouvrées Rodin 2013 is a magnificent wine - although sligtly closed currently. The nose offer complex layers of fruit - red and blue berries - oak well integrated - and with a intense yet refined mineral note. On the palate layers of intense fruit - very elegant and …
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Visiting producers in Burgundy is a privilege ... meeting all kinds of exciting people and characters. One of the finest moments on my October 2017 trip was a visit at the prominent Marsannay producer Sylvain Pataille. There is a saying - the wines resembles the people who makes them! I find …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Sylvain Pataille – tasting of the 2016s from cask
The 2010s seems to continue to show well - and are still quite open. This is certainly the case with the La Romanée 2010 from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. It's still floral, expressive and very effortless in it's presentation of refined layers f fruit and filigree minerality. It's a intense wine - …
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On my October trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to retaste the 2016s from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé - to confirm the impressions I had when tasting the wines before malo in March 2017. Vogüé are benchmark wines for me, as I have tasted most recent vintages from either cask or bottle - …
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The 2011 Clos du Chateau is slightly closed and backward at the moment. In the nose red berry fruit and vosne spices with a hints of gooseberries and oak. On the palate airy red fruit with a quite refined impression of oak. The fruit is sweet and ripe for the vintage, with a good focus - the …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Clos du Chateau 2011
