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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
This week I had lunch with an agent colleague in a nice restaurant in Côte de Beaune ... and while I have noticed price increases many times before ... I was sort of shocked to see the prices of a simple village Meursault now climbing up towards 90-100 EUR And yes, let's face it, the prices on …
[Read more...] about Indifferent, Tedious … or even anoying wines – no more!
I rarely taste the wines of Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron these days - and while I have never been blown away by wines from this estate - Winehogs do not take off by a slight gust of wind or a mere breeze of quality - I have however had some quite nice wines from this estate over the years. …
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While the quality in Chablis has improved over the last decades there are still some producers that need to take things more seriously. The Chablis Valmur 2011 from J. Moreay et Fils is what I - if in the polite mood - would call a disappointing wine. The positive first ... it still offers a nice …
The Vosne Romanee 2006 from Jacques Cacheux is a rather strange wine. In the bouquet some rustic oxidative notes with hints of tar and stems. The nose also shows elements of ripe juicy pinot fruit - with elements of strawberries and raspberries. On the palate same rather split personality, quite …
First impression of the Maire, Beaune Clos de Maire 1959 (served blind) - This is not Burgundy!. Both the bouquet and the palate had some elements not normally associated with pinot noir. Some bitter notes one normally finds outside burgundy and certainly not aromas I would expect from a pinot noir …
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