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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint Jacques 2005 is still quite backward and restrained. The nose offer dark cherries, raspberries whit hints of red currant all brought forward by a earthy minerality. On the palate somewhat unresolved with a core of dark fruit .. it clearly needs time to unfold. It …
[Read more...] about Domaine Armand Rousseau, Lavaux St. Jacques 2005
The Beaune Saint Landry is a gorgeous and overlooked white Beaune. This monopole vineyard is located above and just south of Beaune - and produces in my view one of the best whites in the BEaune appellation. The bouquet offer cool variations of white and yellow fruits .. some exotic orchard fruits.. …
[Read more...] about Bouchard Pere et Fils, Beaune Clos Saint Landry 2014
The 2004 Chablis Beauroy from Philippe Pacalet is keeping very well indeed. The nose is still fresh and crisp, and after some time in the glas it offers the most lovely chalky minerality - seashells - combined with a cool and pure white fruit. On the palate precise - with a razor sharp defining …
This is another of the signature wines of Bouchard Pere et Fils, as this vineyard was the first holdings acquired by the Bouchard familily 240 years ago. The bouquet offer fresh and detailed juicy fruit and a more lightfooted expression of the 2014 vintage ... it's forward and expressive (30% whole …
[Read more...] about Bouchard Pere et Fils, Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot 2014
The Vosne-Romanee Colombiere is quite a step up from the generic village - but also a slightly more serious wine. In the nose more dense and intense fruit - lovely depth - offering a less floral and deeper expression of Vosne-Romanee. On the palate same story - quite weighty fruit for this level ... …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Romanee Colombiere 2014
