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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambolle village 07 from Roumier is starting to unfold. In the nose lovely red fruits are starting to show more and more ... brought forward by a delicate Chambolle minerality. On the palate quite lightweight for a Roumier wine, with a delightfully juicy red fruit. It's airy and quite refined …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle Musigny 2007
The Bonnes Mares 09 from Lucien Le Moine is showing very well considering the time and the vintage. The nose offer a quite floral and openly knit view to the Bonnes Mares vineyard ... nice minerality and a - for the vintage - rather cool expression of the fruit. On the palate .. same story .. openly …
The Bonnes Mares 06 from Roumier is beginning to unfold a bit. In the nose red and dark berry fruit, juicy with some initial and rather vague secondary notes .. hints of sous-bois ... and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate quite accessible with a quite weighty midpalate fruit .. juicy and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Bonnes Mares 2006
The Bonnes Mares 2013 from Groffier is a delightful effort in my view - Bonnes Mares really show very well in this vintage. The bouquet is offering a love collection of red and dark berry fruits, open pure and very accessible - much more so than earlier vintages I have tasted of this wine. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Robert Groffier, Bonnes Mares 2013
From time to time I taste old Burgundies, but today it rare to taste or even find good genuine old Burgundies. So I rarely taste wines older than 1971, and therefore really have lost track of how the very old vintages perform these days. With Rudy Kurniawan and his consorts floating the market …
