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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Next and above Les Terrasses one find Les Vallerots - a 0.5 ha plot on the top of the slope. Wines planted in 1984 - so quite a lot older. This is a more substantial wine but still with a clear reference to the limestony soil. It's deeper and more powerful than the Les Terrasses de Vallerots - with …
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Next up one of the most exiting wines in the portfolio - the Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Terrasses de Vallerots - located above Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains. It's a 2 ha parcel planted on terrasses in 2001 - on soil not planted with wines after the phylloxera epidemic. Bertrand Machard de Gramont …
First out is the Bourgogne Rouge Les Grands Chaillots 2015 - just racked to tank and prepared for bottling. It's made from a plot in the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation below the road and Chailots. It's a lovely entry level wine with a fine generous fruit and even a hint of the appellation. Most …
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The last wine produced is the Bourgogne Aligoté - made from a "parcel" located on the "Colline de Vergy" in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, at the foot of the ruins of the Abbaye de Saint-Vivant. It's planted on a clay and limestone soil, rich in marl. This is a adorable Aligoté - so pure and …
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The Amoureuses 09 from Bertheau is starting to unfold somewhat - like other 2009s. In the nose finely detailed red fruit - quite floral and supported by a filigree and quite powerful minerality from the lovely Amouresus terroir. On the palate .. rather lightfooted .. but still with fine length and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Bertheau, Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 2009
