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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
While I was both delighted and impressed by the Beaune Bressandes and the Beaune Greves - the Beaune Pertuisots take the honors in 2015. This wine has - in my view - a different level of energy than the others Beaune cuvées in the 2015 vintage. The bouquet show layers of fresh and juicy red fruit - …
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The Beaune Greves, a great terroir, is even better - with the bouquet offering juicy layered fruit - quite floral and extrovert. On the palate rich, velvet and generous fruit - deep and long - with a lovely intensity generated by the mighty Beaune Greves terroir. Love the depth and intensity in this …
Moving on to Beaune Bressandes - The nose is brimming with ripe fruit offered with a floral expression of the terroir - 25% whole cluster in this wine. It's very elegant and balanced, offering a beautiful expression of this fine Beaune terroir. A quite magnificent Beaune 1er cru in the …
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The Beaune village - two cuvées that normally are blended before bottling. They are from very different terroirs - but quality wise almost at the same level - with the "northern cuvee" being the better and fresher in 2015 - in my view. The 2015 cuvées both offer juicy and energetic fruit - quite …
This week I had the opportunity to taste a large selection of the 2015s from Bouchard Pere et Fils. The Danish importer of Bouchard, Eric Sorensen and the Export Manager Maisons et Domaines Henriot, Victor Pepin, also this year joined forces to present the new vintage by showing a wide and …
