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Terroir insight – Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus

By Steen Öhman August 22, 2014 -

This is a new format on the blog ... articles where the location of the terroir of one wine is uncovered in depth and detail. First out is the Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus, one of the relatively few single climate and single plot Echezeaux's on the market. …

Fixin Clos de la Perriére … the forgotten Téte de Cuvée

By Steen Öhman July 13, 2014 -

In 1855 when Lavalle made his classification of the Burgundy vineyards only a few vineyards outside the "main" appellations were classified as Téte de Cuvée. One of these vineyards is located in Fixin and is unknown to most Burgundy connaisseurs today ... Fixin La Perriére better known as Fixin …

Le Clos Goillotte – a unique Vosne-Romanee village

By Steen Öhman May 24, 2014 -

Vosne-Romanee Clos de la Goillotte is a hidden gem... and in my view one of the very best village terroirs in Burgundy. The Goillotte vineyard is located inside Vosne-Romanee just south of the La Goillotte estate, and below La Tache ... with the Clos d'Eugenie separating Goillotte and La Tache. …

Close to Clos des Lambrays … Clos des Rosiers – Monopole

By Steen Öhman April 24, 2014 -

There is a lot of focus on Clos des Lambrays these days - after the LVMH deal. The price for Domaine des Lambrays seem to have been around 100 million EUR ... and if one can trust the medias then Taupenot-Merme is quite reluctant to sell the 0.04 ha plot they have in Clos des Lambrays - to complete …

Clos des Lambrays – Monopole or not? – update

By Steen Öhman April 21, 2014 -

The Domaine des Lambrays have recently been sold to LVMH - and the deal included some very fine vineyards - with the jewel in the crown being the 8.84 ha Clos des Lambrays. This deal is very important for the development in Burgundy as it announces a new big player on the Burgundy scene - LVMH - a …