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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The white Musigny from Vogüé is now back - and bottled - a treat to have the opportunity to taste it after the elevage. As with most 2015s whites it has really gained focus and structural presence after botling. It’s clearly not a acidity driven vintage - but the 2015 whites do offer a charming …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte de Vogüé, Musigny Blanc 2015
The 2015 Chambolle Musigny village is showing beautifully - focused, detailed and vibrant - with a fine intensity. In some hot vintages (2009 and 2005) some reduction was playing quite a large role in the Pacalet wines - yet in the 2015 vintage the Pacalet wines are standing tall. The nose is …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Chambolle Musigny 2015
The white from Musigny shares the style and minerality from it's red brother from this vineyard. The energy is the same, and while the fruit is generous and lavish with quite some exotic fruit in the bouquet it still has some of the same juicy freshness offered by the red wines. This wine is not …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Musigny Blanc 2015
The Musigny 2015 is a mighty wine .. In the nose red and dark fruit .. blueberries, pomegranate and red currant - brought forward by a very intense floral minerality. On the palate very long, intense and balanced .. the mid-palate fruit is exuberantly lavish, zappy and energetic ... but still …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Musigny 2015
The Bonnes Mares is a beauty offering a lot of layered fruit and charm already at this stage. In the nose generous red and darker fruits - blueberries, blackberries, pomegranate and red currant - spiced with a forward expression of earthy minerality - quite expressive and floral for a red soil …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Bonnes Mares 2015
