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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
What can I say ... great to be back in the diminutive cellar at Domaine Nicolas Faure in Meuilley. My first visit to Meuilley was in the summer of 2016 - and while I had heard about the wines from Nicolas Faure, he was then still relatively unknown. Now two years later his wines are famous …
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A few years back one could find wines from Domaine Coquard-Loison-Fleurot in local supermarkets in Beaune, and quite a lot of the wine from this estate was sold to negociants. Things are however changing rapidly - and the Coquard-Loison-Fleurot wines are now in high demand in more and more areas of …
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Great to be back at Domaine Jean-Marc Millot with Alix Millot taking a stronger and more prominent role at the estate - and clearly getting the room and freedom to make changes and improvements. The 2017s here are as expected lovely and brimming with pinot pleasure ... a notch up in quality …
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The legendary 1er cru Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux was introduced by Henri Jayer in 1978 - before this the wine from this now famous vineyard was included in the Vosne-Romanée village of Domaine Henri Jayer. In connection with the Baghera/Wine auction of wines from the Henri Jayer domaine cellar …
[Read more...] about The Henri Jayer Insight – Cros Parantoux the area and production
On June 17th 2018 an amazing 855 bottles and 209 magnums of Henri Jayer Burgundies were on auction in Geneva. The auction is held by Baghera/Wine and the wines comes directly from the cellar of the former Henri Jayer estate in Vosne-Romanée - as the sellers are the daughters of the legendary Henri …
[Read more...] about Henri Jayer Insight – The production in the 1978 vintage
