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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chassagne Village 2008 from Louis Carillon is a very charming wine. The bouquet is quite open, with ripe yellow fruit, fresh citrus notes - hints of grapefruit and gunpowder. The oak is well integrated in the fruit aromas. On the palate good nervy acidity but also a quite fat and ripe fruit with …
[Read more...] about Louis Carillon, Chassagne-Montrachet 2008
The 1950 is one of the best old Bordeaux I have tasted to date. This bottle was served at a big and very memorale tasting in 2006 - and was quite amazing. The bouquet was dense and very complex, with notes of cherries, licorice, moss, truffles and a hint of fresh coffee. The palate was showing very …
The Chambolle 1er cru 2001 from Vogue is beginning to show. The bouquet is now quite open with red fruits - raspberries - fine Chambolle minerality and a slight orange note. The palate is slightly more closed, with a nice core of quite lush red fruits. The finish is at first quite tight with tar and …
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Les Suchots 2007 from Bernstein is slightly closed at the moment. In the bouquet red and darker fruits in a rather sweet coulis style ... cherries, raspberries and strawberries. Seems slightly uninvolving and pale in the fruit aromas. On the palate same story, nice fruit, good length but not much …
[Read more...] about Olivier Bernstein, Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 2007
The Volnay 05 from Marquis d'Angerville is a typical 2005 - quite open and ready to taste - but also a big unrealized pontential. The bouquet is showing loads and layers of ripe red and dark fruits - black cherries and raspberries with a tone of tar. The palate is more unevolved good and quite dense …
