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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
To be honest I rarely taste the wines from Domaine Leroy - and to taste a Vosne-Romanée Beaux Monts 2013 is really a treat. Many 2013s are showing beautifully currently - and this is also he case with the Leroy Beaux Monts - open, floral and expressive. The nose is brimming with red and dark berry …
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The Romanee-Saint-Vivant from Arnoux-Lachaux is made from a 0.375 ha plot in the southern part of the vineyard - just above the garden of Bernard Gros. The 2014 vintage is one of the first made by Charles Lachauax so stylewise this is made with a lighter hand. The bouquet offer beautifully spicy …
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A very pleasent surprise ... the 2006 Leflaive's are a mixed bunch, some very ripe and with high alcohol levels. This example of the 2006 Laflaive Chevalier-Montrachet did however show magnificently. It's a rich and ripe Chevalier, with plenty of fruit, still some exotic orchard fruit notes in …
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The Chambertin Clos de Bezé 2008 from Prieure Roch is a very vibrant, expressive and energetic wine. The bouquet is bursting with red fruit - spiced with allspice, cinnamon - and backed by a quite intense minerality. On the palate juicy, vibrant with a quite generous mid-palate fruit. It's like many …
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The 2010 Blanchot Dessus from Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet is most likely the very best Chassagne 1er cru I have tasted so far. In the nose pure and airy white and yellow fruit brought forward by a vibrant and filligree minerality. On the palate very intense with grand cru like effortless …
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