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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I first tasted the La Tâche 2011 from cask in March 2013, and was very impressed - a delightful wine for the vintage. Actually I was slightly nervous to have been a bit too optimistic regarding the 2011s from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti - but actually I still feel delighted tasting the 2011 La …
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Lets face it - 2016 is both a great and a terrible year for the Montrachet hill. On the Chassagne side the frost was merciless and most of the havest was destroyed in the April frost, while the Puligny side produced at least some Montrachet, and while the yields were lower - Bouchard Pere et Fils …
The Third time I taste the Montrachet 2014 from Bouchard and it's still a tremendous wine - and somehow it's slightly difficult to understand the diverging opinions about this wine. It's intense and quite rich currently, lovely balance and intensity but need some cellaring to re-focus and develop …
The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage - wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle. First out the Joseph Drouhin, Musigny 2015. The 2015 is now settled in bottle …
The Chambertin Clos de Bèze 1996 from Domaine Groffier is one of the best and most harmonious wines I have tasted from this somewhat austere vintage. The bouquet is open and expressive offering fine and delicate mature notes - truffle, sous-bois - fine complexity and vibrance. On the palate fine …
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