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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Meursault Les Gruyaches is quite a step up from the generic village Meursalt. This village comes from a plot located just below Les Charmes Dessous (difficult to explain why this small corner is not at part of Charmes Dessous). The nose offer white and yellow fruits and a fine citrus infused …
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The Chassagne La Maltoye is a somewhat weighty wine. The nose offer white and yellow orchard fruits - peach and pear - quite exotic and with a healthy dose of Chassagne minerality. On the palate rich, slightly dense with quite abundant mid-palate fruit. A bit on the rich side for my palate - as is …
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The Meursault Les Perriéres is a significant leap up in quality. The nose is bursting with white orchards fruits - acacia blossom, pear and peach - quite cool and fresh with some exotic notes. On the palate very fine intensity with a rich fruit and a fine balancing acidity - harvested already on …
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The Chevalier-Montrachet was harvested on August 27th .. and the early harvest has preserved quite a lot of freshness in this wine. The nose offer layers of cool white fruit - floral with some more exotic elements of peach and ananas. On the palate tremendous depth and length - sappy fruit - fine …
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The Volnay Taillepeids is a quite serious wine .. and somewhat darker than the Pommard Rugiens. In the nose red and darkberry fruit - blueberries and boysenberries - quite intense but a bit closed now. On the palate quite intense and relatively dark fruit - fine length and concentration - but will …
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