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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Gevrey-Chambertin from Dujac Fils et Père is a delightful wine. Stylewise it resembles the Domaine Dujac wines, but is more forward than the Domaine wines and is lacking the focus, depth and concentration of these wines. In the bouquet sweet ripe red fruit notes .. strawberries and raspberries - …
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The Savigny-lès-Beaune Planchots du Nord 09 from Dublere is slightly closed. The bouquet is showing a light reduction, but also cherries and cherry stones. On the palate good energy and concentration. Lovely silky fruit with good length and balance. A good wine - quite elegant and charming ... but …
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The 2010 Bourgogne Blanc from Domaine Roulot is a exceptional generic white Burgundy. In the nose a slight reduction, gun powder, apple with hints of white flowers and exotic fruits. On the palate lovely vibrant acidity, good midpalate concentration and a very nice transparancy. Good minerality for …
The Meursault 2011 is a quite a heavy and "hot" wine. In the nose apple, pear with citrus aromas. On the palate quite dense ripe fruit, the acidity is fine, but the quite high alcohol content is also present in the finish. I'm really not happy about high alcohol burgundies, and this is a borderline …
The Nuits-Saint-Georges blanc is made from pinot blanc, thus making it quite different than the other Pacalet whites. In the nose apple, pear with notes of grapefruit, citrus and gooseberries. On the palate quite a powerfull fresh and linear acidity, with a good expression of the terroir. Good fruit …
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