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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
A step down from the Le Pigeonnier - also from La Ferme de Saint Roux this is from Des Maures - a neighbouring appellation. This is a lighter effort - also priced lower - still well made and balanced. It's a quite enjoyable wine .. sweetness and tannins nicely balanced - work well as a aperitif and …
[Read more...] about La Ferme de Saint Roux, Friponne rosé 2018
The 2017 Corton "Cuvée Baie par Baie" from Moron-Garcia is a unique and truly delightful wine - firmly setting its mark on the mighty hill. For the Corton - Matthieu Moron and Pierre-Oliver Garcia is using the Baie par Baie "technique" and here we have 40% Baie par Baie, 50% whole cluster and 10% …
[Read more...] about Domaine Moron-Garcia, Corton “Cuvée Baie par Baie” 2017
The Winehog sometimes travels to the southern part of France. Perhaps even more surprisingly I also have a soft spot for rosé wines - a love affair going back 20 years to a stay in Paris. I enjoy a good rosé, as these chilled wines - preferably with a balancing hint of tannin - offer lovely …
[Read more...] about Rosé: a Winehog tasting of 2018 Bandol and Côtes de Provence
Summertime and tastings. This week I attended a presentation of Domaine de Bellene by the founder of the estate Nicholas Potel, a well-known name in the Burgundian wine world. It was a lovely and quite extravagant tasting at the fine old Hotel d'Angeleterre in Copenhagen - or to be precise at the …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Bellene – Nicolas Potel, in other words
This is unusual .. highly unusual .. extremely .. a wine from the Rhone area on Winehog. What can I say - grumpier old men - although lets be honest - this wine is quite a treat, as I do actually like (some few) wines from the area mentioned. The Château Grillet is one of them - I have tasted …
