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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Romanee Saint-Vivant is refinement and delicacy personified ... or is it pinotified? This is one of the most refined and delicate red 2014s I have tasted ... despite its considerable intensity and concentration. The nose is offering layers of pure and transparent cool red fruit ... beautifully …
[Read more...] about Domaine Cathiard, Romanee Saint-Vivant 2014
The La Romanee 2009 is quite different from both the 2008 and 2010 with it's darker and more dense expression. In the nose red and darkberry fruit, oak still a bit forward ... relatively dark compared to other vintages. On the palate weighty and quite dark fruit, remarkably refined for the vintage, …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2009
The La Romanee 2005 is slowly but surely beginning to unfold, and whilst it's still youthful it's offering a lovely drinkability even at this stage. In the nose layers of refined red fruit, very floral and expressive for the vintage - bursting with Vosne spices and filigree minerality. On the palate …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2005
La Romanee 2012 is a intense and delightful effort offering a lovely transparent view to the mighty La Romanee terroir. In the nose lovely juicy red and dark berry fruit, quite floral, refined and organic with a lovely Vosne spicyness and minerality. On the palate very juicy and deep fruit .. …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2012
The Montrachet 2008 revisited ... still magnificent and among the very best white Burgundies I have tasted. This time tasted decanted offering a slightly more developed and complex expression of this mighty terroir. In the bouquet fine and airy white and yellow orchard fruits - intense yet very …
