Back at Laurent Ponsot for the annual tasting - this time 2023 ... an enjoyable vintage for those who managed the yield and ripeness. Ponsot did just that with the reds - clearly a generous year, and the result is a lineup of enjoyable reds with a high drinkability. Enjoyable yet not super …
Chambolle Musigny
Ponsot 2023 Whites
There is a core list of famous estates that have set the bearings of the Winehog's travels through Burgundy. One is Ponsot - Domaine Ponsot, and since 2017, still with the same illustrious and mysterious person behind these magnificent wines - Laurent Ponsot. I started my Burgundy journey …
Favourite vineyards in Chambolle-Musigny
Burgundy is all about terroirs, and while you can make emotional wines from modest terroirs, the great emotional wines almost always come from the very best terroirs. Not all classified terroirs can apparently make a true vin d´émotion ... and it is therefore important to know your terroirs …
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Visit to Marchand-Tawse – Tasting the 2024s
Tasting the 2024 vintage has been both enduring and encouraging on the red side ... not a great vintage ... but a vintage that can provide lovely drinking for those who are careful and study the data and notes well. The whites, however, is a different picture ... check the last part of the …
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Domaine Elisa Sigaut – a potential new star
ELISA SIGAUT is a very new and promishing name in Chambolle-Musigny. Elisa is from the Sigaut family and will take over or inherit a lovely portfolio of vineyards from the family in Chambolle-Musigny. The vineyards will gradually be transfered as Elisa has the capacity to make the full …
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