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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
It is always a treat to visit Nicolas Groffier, and in 2023, he has made a home run. The 2023s are even more precise, energetic, and vivid than the 2022s; they underline the strength of the 2023 vintage. Nicolas Groffier has produced lovely wines in both of these vintages, however, when it comes …
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Visiting Domaine Marc Roy is always a pleasure. Alexandrine Roy knows what she is doing, and she knows how to make and sell her wines: through quality, hedonism, joyfulness and charm. Some history of the Marc Roy estate Alexandrine is the fourth generation at the domaine. She is runs it …
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The 2022s are receiving quite a lot of acclaim already, and some of the wines are without doubt outstandingly good I have however decided to downgrade my score for the 2022 vintage “a notch” ... and here is why! There is a tedious or even annoying issue with some of the 2022s reds ... as …
The disastrous 2024 vintage has set the 2023 vintage in an even more attractive and favorable light. The 2023s, in many ways, can supply what Burgundy will now be lacking: wine! The 2024 vintage will be extremely small, especially for the reds, whereas 2023 has reds and whites in abundance (let's …
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The Clos Saint-Denis from Domaine Ponsot is one of the most famous and notorious wines in the world. This was the very wine that got Rudy Kurniawan exposed as a counterfeiter in the wine world when he attempted to sell bottles of the Ponsot Clos Saint-Denis produced prior to 1982 ... The problem …
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