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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Saint-Aubin Sur Le Sentier du Clou is 2012 from Antoine Jobard is a truly delightful effort. The bouquet offer lovely vibrant white and yellow orchard fruits brought forward by a vibrant citrus infused minerality. On the palate fresh and energetic with a lovely mineralic backbone spiced by some …
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The Gevrey village from Trapet is a surprisingly delightful effort. In the bouquet lovely expressive red fruit - notes of strawberries, raspberries and red cherries spiced by a lovely defined earthy minerality. On the palate organic fruit .. openly knit .. yet quite fucused. Not a big village - but …
My first 2013 white at village level ... intense is the word. In the bouquet intense yellow orchard fruit ... almonds ... peach and hint of acasia. On the palate intense and quite weighty fruit ... supported by a potent and vibrant acidity and a nice minerality. Very much different from the …
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Sebastien Cathiard have made some magnificent 2011s and the Nuits-Saint-Georges village is no exception. The bouquet is bursting with fresh red berry fruit ... variations of red cherries ... supported by a hint of eathy minerality. On the palate lovely concentration - silky and refined for this …
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The 2004 Echezeaux is a slightly disappointing effort from Rouget ... but expectations are high when a Rouget wine is in the glass. In the bouquet weighty red and dark berry fruit, hints of sous-bois - not very focused or transparent. On the palate quite densely flavored with a relatively dark …
