Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
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
The focus on drinkable and at least somehow affordable wines have lead to the initiation of the Winehog award or rating. I know that most wines with a 86 points rating often are overlooked and forgotten, while the 93 point Malconsort gets more attention. The fact is however, that I often …
[Read more...] about Why and why not a Winehog Rating – enjoyable and delightful wines in focus
On my November trip to Burgundy I found a "new" and interesting name that I wanted to visit and explore further. The name is Jérôme Galeyrand - who is producing very interesting wines from a small location on N974 in Gevrey-Chambertin/Brochon. I first tasted the wines of Jérôme Galeyrand at the …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jérôme Galeyrand – tasting the 2018s and some 2017s
The Bourgogne Aligote La Corvees de Bully 2017 from Nicolas Faure is a delightful Aligote. The nose is very pure and vivid with delicate white orchard fruits, notes of grass and anise. On the palate intense and saline - lovely depth and power. Not as intense as the 2014 - but I do adore the 2017s .. …
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Rating of the wines is of course important, and while points are important I do find the point scale limitet especially regarding the rating of wines from the lesser appellations. Points and ratings are important but with prices increasing the rating of wines does loose some of the power and …
[Read more...] about The Winehog Rating – enjoyable and delightful wines in focus
