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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Louis Jadot Beaune Les Avaux 1999 is showing beautifully but is still 10 years away from full maturity - the 1999s really needs time. In the bouquet cherries, amaretto cherries, sous-bois + a deep quite earthy minerality. On the palate rich ... quite velvet yet airy ... with a lovely earthy …
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This is a very rare bird ... a Beaune Les Bressandes Blanc. It's made by Frederic Cossard and presumably from a plot in the village part of the vineyard i.e. the northern end of Les Bressandes just on the border to Beaune L'Ecu. The bouquet offer a lovely pure and quite exotic fruit .. rich and …
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One of the legendary wines of the Beaune appellation is Beaune Greves Vigne de L'Enfant Jésus a signature wine from Bouchard Pere et Fils. As the name suggests the vineyard is located inside the vast Beaune Greves vineyard - one of the best 1er crus of Beaune - and the Vigne de L'Enfant Jésus …
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Vintage .. 1964 .. unknown territory ... first time I taste both the producer and the vineyard. Jaboulet-Vercherre is now included in Domaine Faiveley as is the monopole vineyard Beaune Clos de L'Ecu so a lot of history here ... the content of the bottle is however still fresh and vibrant. Beaune …
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During the Hospices de Beaune weekend I was lucky and got invited to a Masterclass tasting of Bouchard Pere et Fils 2014s. The tasting was conducted by the new Maitre de Chai (Cellar Master) Frédéric Weber, and comprised a fine selection of the 2014s - both reds and whites. In this article I will …
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