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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The greatness of the Roulot Perrieres is not a matter of preference … it’s a big step up from the otherwise very fine Les Charmes. Les Perrieres is the missing grand cru of Meursault with its sheer weight and underlying mineralic power - and Roulot’s Perrieres is made from a perfectly located plot …
[Read more...] about Domaine Roulot, Meursault Perrieres 2013
The Echezeaux 2010 is among the best or perhaps the best wine I have tasted from this large grand cru. The 2010 continue to surprise me, as they remain quite open and forward despite the greatness and intensity. The bouquet is currently bursting with Vosne spices and organic red fruit. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2010
The La Romanee 2007 is delightfully open and charming, just like the ofter 07s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. In the bouquet pure red fruit, lovely transparency and complexity - bursting with Vosne spices cinnamon, violets, peony rose and hint of sous-bois - very floral with the minerality …
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La Romanee 2006 is a big and juicy wine with considerable weight and power. In the nose layers of red and dark berry fruit, Vosne spices and a intense underlying minerality. On the palate rich and weighty fruit ... deep and layered. It's juicy, powerful and offer a quite dark expression of the …
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The 2002 Cros Parantoux from Emmanuel Rouget is quite a step up from his otherwise delicious Echezeaux 2002. The bouquet is crammed with layers of predominantly red fruit - spiced with complex variations of Vosne spices and a quite earthy minerality. On the palate layers of velvet fruit ... deep, …
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