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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Volnay Taillipeids 2012 is a step up in minerality and concentration. In the bouquet layers of cool vibrant pinot fruit with notes of red forest berries and jellied fruits. The nose also offer a lovely display of vibrant minerality - charming but razor sharp. On the palate a gorgeous tension …
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Domaine Jayer-Gilles is one of the producers on the climate Echezeaux-Dessus - in the core of the original Echezeaux vineyard. The 2002 version of the Echezeaux is still quite youthful and tight but beginning to show. In the nose red and dark fruit, Vosne spices, hints of truffle and sous-bois. On …
The Nuits Saint Georges Les Cras is a slightly overlooked wine in the Liger-Belair portfolio. Les Cras 2012 is a lovely effort - with loads of pure and energetic fruit. The bouquet is showing beautiful red and darker fruit aromas spiced with gun powder and a salty minerality - lovely tension between …
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The Clos du Chateau is another step up - adding even more minerality and Vosne spicyness. The bouquet offering a juicy fruit, crisp minerality and loads of Vosne spices. On the palate excellent weight for this level - the fruit is deep, organic and complex supported by the gorgeous stony minerality …
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The Chambolle Les Amoureuses 2004 has entered a lovely matured stage. The bouquet offer a lovely complexity with red and dark fruits - notes of raspberries, elderberries and blueberries - spiced with a hint of sous-bois. On the palate quite rich matured fruit - juicy and expressive - with a lovely …
[Read more...] about J.-F. Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 2004
