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The Batard Montrachet 2000 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a great matured white. The bouquet is very expressive and complex with notes of acacia, hazelnuts, almonds and Belle de Booskoop apple - spiced with hints of toast, coffee and citrus. The palate offer rich and pure fruit with a intense …
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The La Tache 2011 is a full level up from the Richebourg and RSV from Domine de la Romnee-Conti. The bouquet is very refined and complex - but also more discrete than the flamboyant Richebourg. The nose offer red berry fruit - with notes of red coulis, pomegranate violets and a hint of peony rose. …
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The Batard-Montrachet from Domaine Leflaive is slightly closed - but nevertheless showing it's greatness. In the bouquet ripe and cool fruit - notes of orchard fruits - peach, pear, acacia, with a intense stony minerality and a twist of citrus zest. The nose is quite discrete, refined and very …
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The Richebourg 1999 is a very intense and dark wine, with loads and loads of fully mature pinot fruit. It's a very powerfull and direct Burgundy, from the rich 1999 vintage. Tasted against the Richebourg 1999 from Meo Camuzet, it did very well, being bigger, better and more complex - by a fair …
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My aim with the Winehog is unchanged, but I have for some time wanted a stronger focus on the hedonistic pleasure and simple enjoyment of drinking Burgundies. I have therefore adjusted my mission statement: "My mission is to help readers find more joy and hedonistic pleasure in Burgundy wines; to …
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