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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Amiot-Servelle has thus far eluded me, most likely due to my own planning inadequacies. But as I tasted more and more of the estate's wines, my interest was raised significantly. The wines are getting ever more precise, and with its new facility on the outskirts of Chambolle-Musigny, …
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Domaine Patrice Rion is located at the entrance (or exit!) to Premeaux, and should be on my list for all vintage tastings, as the quality here is high. Patrice's son Maxime has taken the purity of the wines up another notch. This is a low-key estate, but mark my words: These wines should not be …
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It's Wednesday afternoon, and my tastings are progressing smoothly in Burgundy, with their number well adapted to my pace and thoroughness. I often wonder how some tasters can manage four, five or even six tastings a day; I've even heard about seven or eight daily visits. This is beyond my …
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Burgundy and tradition are strongly linked, but as in all other aspects of life, change eventually takes the stage. At Domaine Comte Georges Vogüé, new winemaker Jean Lupatelli has made his first strides with the cool and exciting 2021 vintage. He took over from François Millet, who retired last …
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La Pousse d'Or occupies a strange blind spot in my Burgundian mind, as the greatness of its historic efforts and its rebuilding under Patrick Landanger was just getting under way when I began to collect Burgundies in the mid- to late-1990s. I never really knew the old estate management under …
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