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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Michel Gaunoux is a special and unique estate. It respects traditions and upholds these to the benefit of fans of older-school Burgundy. Burgundy in retrospect Burgundy has changed radically since I began my quest for great pinot and chardonnay in the early 1990s. Back then, …
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I have a soft spot for the wines from Mugneret-Gibourg. They are wines of pleasure and enjoyment, yet they still require some aging to reach their optimum complexity and hedonistic joyfulness. It's easy to mention the domaine's three grands crus as favourites. Yet it would be a grave error to …
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David Croix has opened my eyes to red Corton, with his work at both Camille Giroud and Domaine des Croix. As I mentioned in a previous article, David Croix is for me one of Corton's masters. He has the ability to transform this big grand cru into a hedonistic treasure and a true wine of …
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Montrachet is a legendary vineyard, and while its boundaries have been fixed since 1921, some neighbouring plots and parcels are more closely related to it than others. Thibault Morey has three plots located very close to the promised land. The first is his Batard-Montrachet, located a wall- and …
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Time is flying. There have already been 11 vintages since Domaine de la Romanée-Conti took on the making of a red Corton in 2009, and now the legendary estate is tackling another of Burgundy's greats: Corton-Charlemagne. Its opportunity comes, of course, via the vineyards of the historic …
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