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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Vosne-Romanee 2002 V.V. is really starting to show. It's made from the two Flagey lieux-dits, Les Quartier de Nuits and Les Violettes. The bouquet is showing sweet red fruit with notes of raspberries, sous-bois, asian spices - hints of violets, orange peel. On the palate still quite some grip …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges Perrieres is showing well. Made from vines planted between 1937 and 1942. In the bouquet dark deep fruit with red and dark cherries. On the palate good body and length ...lovely and pure pinot fruit. Perhaps not offering the same spicy complexity as the Vosne village ... but …
[Read more...] about Domaine Forey, Nuits-Saint-Georges Perrieres 2011
The Vosne Romanee 2011 is a really beautiful village wine. In the bouquet lovely Vosne spices and a fine expression of forest berries. On the palate lovely pinot fruit with a core quite sweet and lush red fruit - good energy and nerve. It's well balanced with a good backbone from the fresh acidity …
The Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2004 from Hudelot-Noellat has entered a matured stage, but is still some years from full maturity. In the bouquet red fruits with notes of raspberries, amarena cherries and a slight hint of prunes. There is still a slight notes of pine needles but this seems to blow of as …
[Read more...] about Hudelot-Noellat, Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2004
The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2011 village is quite approacable and is showing dark berries in the nose. On the palate lovely balanced with a good fresh acidity. It has a lovely fruit on the palate - pure and quite juicy - but is lacking some of the depth found in the Vosne Romanee village. A good and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Forey, Nuits-Saint Georges 2011
