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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Tastings are my inspiration, and my lust for exploring vineyards is often fuelled by these delightful experiences. Sometimes, they are relatively unknown terroirs, but most often, they have just been forgotten ... To say that Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain is overlooked is perhaps what I would call …
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The 2023 vintage is tricky as the ripeness builds very fast at the end, causing many vignerons to have problems with overripe phenolics. To combat this eventuality, Domaine Roulot has increased the harvesting teams from 35 to 50 pickers a few years back, and this has given more degrees of freedom …
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I started working with the term and concept Vin d'emotion a bit more than 5 years back when a small group of friends sat together in Vosne-Romanée to define what a truely emotional wine should offer. I have been working on understanding and refining the definition of Vin d`emotion ever since that …
I have now used Vin d'émotion for five years, and it's clear to me that this evaluation method is more correct and even simpler than the traditional 50-100 point Parker scale. It has worked very well, but so far, I have failed to provide a clear and simple explanation of the link between phenolic …
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It seems like Jean-Nicolas Méo is on a winning streak ... and this is confirmed by the 2023s where all the usuals show very well ... and some big surprises really hit the bullseye. Jean-Nicolas Méo's wines followed the nature and style of the vintage, with a gentle, vivid hand - even the Cortons …
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