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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Echezeaux is a both large, diverse and in many contexts lovely vineyard, that provide a grand cru terroir for a large number of talented producers. One of the very talented owners of Echezeaux is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet who owns a small but important part of the vineyard, as Amélie Berthaut has …
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Domaine Henri Gouges is a famous and well known estate, but Gouges has somehow been overlooked by me .. and while I from time to time have tasted the wines ... I never got around to visit. Domaine Henri Gouges - Antoine Gouges - February 2019 This trip was however different, as we had the …
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A new year and a new vintage - and back at Rue de la Croix Rameau .. looking forward to taste the Grivot 2017s. The 2016s showed very well in my view, with a lovely balance and intensity - the 2017 are somewhat lighter and more forward offering a more sunny and fresh style than the somewhat more …
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One of my favourite wines from Charles Lachaux is the Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Corvées Pagets, a rather overlooked terroir located between Clos Saint-Marc, and Clos des la Corvées in the northern end of Premeaux - in the southern end of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. So let's take …
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The Cathiard Aux Reignots is slightly in the background, as the Les Suchots is regardeded as the bigger wine of the two - and clearly no three after the two stars Aux Malconsort and Romanée Saint-Vivant, While the wines have always been very fine from this estate the quality has clearly taken a …
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