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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Moving 1200 bottles of wine certainly does whet your appetite ... and at my age also the need for indulgence. The gracious host found just the wine to serve my hedonistic thirst - the delicate and delicious La Justice from Jérôme Galeyrand. This is a truly sensual wine; vivid fruit spiced with …
[Read more...] about Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand Gevrey-Chambertin “La Justice” 2017
To celebrate the introduction of the new emotional-rating scale, this wine showed its sensational beauty on New Year's Eve. The 2009 edition of the Vosne-Romanee Clos du Chateau is showing brilliantly. The nose is organic and bursting with fruit and Vosne spices - forward, very energetic and …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne Clos du Chateau 2009
A poetic name - «Viola Odorata» - from the Corgoloin area of Côte de Nuits Villages and the lieux-dits of «En Vireville» (2 different parcels) and «En Fontenelle». This is made from very old vines - 70 to 85 years old. The Naudin-Ferrand Côte de Nuits-Villages «Viola Odorata» 2012 is showing …
[Read more...] about Domaine Naudin-Ferrand Côte de Nuits Villages «Viola Odorata» 2012
This is a rare bird - the 2006 Charmes-Chambertin from Blair Pethel and Domaine Dublère. This is showing very well currently, rich and still fruity - with a quite openly knit structure. Plenty of stuffing showing its grand cru intensity on the table with Mugnier Marechale 2009. It's a rich wine - …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dublère, Charmes-Chambertin 2006
The 2009 edition of Vosne-Romanee Clos de Chateau is showing very well now. The nose is organic and bursting with fruit and Vosne spices - forward and expressive. On the palate intense and quite concentrated - not quite matching the 2010 - deligtful energetic fruit showing the fine complexity of …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Clos de Chateau 2009
