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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
During my March 2017 trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to visit Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé to taste the 2016 vintage from cask. I know the Vogüé wines very well, and they have been amongst my benchmark wines for 15 years .. i.e. the wines I like to taste every year to evaluate the …
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Domaine Arlaud is producing some magnificent wines - and despite they are both Biodynamic and improving quality each year they still are somewhat under the radar. In my view they certainly don't get the deserved credit and acclaim. In a sense the estate is quite low key .. located in a relatively …
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Domaine Dujac is an old favorite ... one of the first estates I visited in Burgundy back in the 1990s. A lot of wine has passed the palate since then - but Dujac is sort of a safe haven quality and aromatics wise. The tasting at Dujac was this year with a larger gathering of prominent sommeliers …
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The 2009 Bonnes Mares from Benjamin Leroux is unfolding beautifully - forward and enjoyable but still youthful. The bouquet offer juicy and rich fruit - variations of cherries, raspberries and some cassis - quite openly knit with a nice expression of minerality lurking below the surface. On the …
Poetic ... I was thinking poetic on my way up the hill from Vougeot to Chambolle to taste the 2015s from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé with winemaker Francois Millet. I tasted the 2015s before the malolactic fermentation in June 2016 and now I had the opportunity to taste these magnificent wines …
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