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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2016 Griotte Chambertin from Ponsot is a special wine. First and foremost this is the first vintage from the new Laurent Ponsot negotiant business and secondly this is rather a hedonistic bomb. The nose is crammed with sweet dark fruits - raspberries and mulberries - very rich and with a lovely …
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The William Fevre Chablis Bougros Côte Bouguerots 2010 is a tremendous Chablis from two steep plots at the foot of the Bougros vineyard. The nose is fresh but showing some matured limestone notes - hint of apple, crushed hazelnuts - a filigree yet intense minerality. On the palate lovely tension and …
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The 2009 Echezeaux is starting to unfold, and this is more forward than the previous bottle tasted in October 2018. Plenty of Vosne spices and a quite strong mineral impression - ripe and rich. On the palate lovely intense fruit - vivacious and lively. Would say quite a few years more - but already …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Echezeaux 2009
The Bonnes Mares 1999 is a tremendous wine. In my view a step up from the otherwise gorgeous 1999 Clos de la Roche. The nose is giving maturing notes, sous-bois, mature red and dark berry fruit. On the palate tremendous depth and power ... a grand vin ... starting to show the full potential. This is …
The 2009 Echezeaux is starting to unfold, and shed the somewhat austere and slightly reductive note. Now is starting to sing - the bouquet is blessed with lovely ripe and delicate red fruits. Plenty of Vosne spices and a strong mineral impression - a bit darker than the Reignots 2009 perhaps. On the …
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