The 2021 Flavour of the Year award went to Domaine de Cassiopée, where Talloulah Dubourg and Hugo Mathurin express their talent through hard work. The first cuvees have now been bottled, with the last ones still waiting to hit the road and find their fans. This also means the new labels …
Vins d'Émotion
Vins d’émotion – from Lachaux to Roumier
Some people think that the vin d'émotion attribution is given only to a specific type of wine. Nothing could be further from the truth. What unites these wines is the hedonistic pleasure they give, the tension and energy they have to offer, the dynamic feeling that makes you want another glass …
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Flavour of the Year 2021 – Domaine de Cassiopée
I find it gratifying to promote new, talented people and estates; it’s one of the primary functions of the Winehog. To explain this initiative a bit further, while I find the work of young vignerons like Charles Lachaux truly admirable, these well-known producers already have the full attention …
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Visit to Vincent Ledy – tasting the 2020s
Vincent Ledy has moved quite some way since my first visit a year and a half ago. He is, nonetheless, still the slightly frisky vigneron who will try everything to make better wines. That leads him to try things that no one else would try - aside from perhaps Marc Soyard and other like-minded whole …
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2020: A Vintage From a Different Point of View
I am now into my main tasting of the 2020 vintage - after helping get the 2021s made and ready for the cellar. I started initially tasting some 2020s this summer, but now it's time to dig deeper and get a real feeling for the vintage. My aim, however, has been refined, and will presumably …
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