To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. Vin d'émotion is quite stable .. I do however adjust from year to year ... so ... here is the first update in 2025 - Gevrey Chambertin. Comments to the …
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Léger … the key to vin d’émotion
Global warming is an increasing problem in Burgundy and recent vintages are considered to be warm or even hot seen from a historic perspective. The increasing ripeness sets a stronger focus on energy: a sense of lightness and liveliness. The French expression a "vin léger” encompasses many of the …
Tedious or – Worse – Annoying Wines
This week I was planning a small yet, apparently, controversial expansion to the vin d'emotion scale to include the missing bottom end, meaning the wines I don't enjoy, or that are simply bad. This turned out to be highly charged. Calling a wine awful is clearly too much for delicate French …
Abordable: Affordable Thirst Quenchers
I have now lived in Burgundy for two and a half years, and during this period, wine prices in restaurants and shops have climbed significantly: 20-40%, or even more in some cases. What was vaguely affordable is now getting frightfully expensive. Some restaurateurs in the Côte d'Or have joined …
Domaine Matrot: A Quick Visit to 2020 Delight
Domaine Matrot and I date back many years, to when Thierry was running the business. During those years, the wines became more refined and enjoyable, as the old, sometimes quite rustic, style was replaced with delicacy and finesse. Matrot is a large, old estate, dating back to 1835. And while …
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