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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2011 Saint Romain Sous Roche from Domaine des Chassorney is a good little wine. In the bouquet nice red fruit with notes of cherries and hints of sweeter red fruits - strawberries and pomegranate. On the palate nicely focused organic fruit with a fresh acidity - a good midpalate concentation and …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2011 village is quite approacable and is showing dark berries in the nose. On the palate lovely balanced with a good fresh acidity. It has a lovely fruit on the palate - pure and quite juicy - but is lacking some of the depth found in the Vosne Romanee village. A good and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Forey, Nuits-Saint Georges 2011
The Meursault Les Narvaux 2007 from Michel Couteaux is a good honest white burgundy. In the bouquet yellow fruit with slightly matured notes, citrus and a steely acidity. On the palate it's quite focused and enjoyable with a good midpalate fruit and a fresh linear acidity. The oak seems quite …
[Read more...] about Michel Coutoux, Meursault Les Narvaux 2007
The Chambolle Musigny 2007 from Pacalet is very open and ready to rock. The nose is bursting with red organic fruit and sous-bois - notes of sweet strawberries and forrest berries with a light hint of red current and violets. On the palate a very extrovert fruit expression of sweet red strawberries. …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Chambolle Musigny 2007
The Nuits-Saint-Georges village from Regis Forey is a lovely effort - but not quite in the same league as the Vosne and Morey villages. The bouquet is slightly more closed and tight - offering red fruit with aromas of cherries and raspberries. On the palate quite tight red fruit - pure and well …
[Read more...] about Domaine Forey, Nuits-Saint-Georges 2010
