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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Nuits-Saint-Georges is Les Argilliéres or Clos des Argilliéres is a favorite of mine - a 1er cru located in the center of Premeaux at the southern end of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. The by far largest owner of this delightful terroir is Domaine Patrice Rion, and while Patrice and …
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I was really happy to see more wine in the cellar at Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont after the depressingly low yields in 2016 ... Axelle really deserves a break and some success after all the hard work keeping her organic certification. Even more importantly the 2017s here are …
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Beyond elusive ... not even in my dreams. The red grand crus of Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay are both very rare and very costly - but the whites are even further away from the snout of the Winehog. Both the Chevalier-Montrachet and the Batard Montrachet are in what I would call in a league …
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Domaine Marc Roy is one of my favorite visits in Gevrey - always lovely wines here - and June seems to be a good time to taste the wines, as they often are quite far in their development in cask and will be bottled already in the fall. Now you probably begin to think - How many favourite …
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The 2017s are by nature pretty, charming and transparent wines, a bit on the solaire (sunny) side - with a delicate freshness, and a effortless balance. So this is not what collectors will call a great vintage - but in my view there are an lot of pleasure to get from the 2017s ... as long as one …
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