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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumees 2010 is drinking well. The nose offer white and yellow orchard fruits - beginning to show a bit of age, with some more maturing notes. On the palate fresh and ripe fruit - very pure for a 2010 Chassagne with little signs of Botrytis. A lovely wine now .. and …
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1957 is not one of the greatest years - but fine wines were made - although many are now starting to fade. This Chassagne is however quite fresh and still a wine for drinking. The nose offer fully matured pinot notes .. dark cherries, amaretto cherries, boysenberries, roasted coffee and sous-bois. …
[Read more...] about Caves des Batistines, Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge 1957
Maison Moillard-Grivot is a well known negociant firm in Nuits-Saint-Georges - established in 1850 and while it's an old reknown firm - the reputation is not so prominent these days. The 1992 vintage is however a very fine vintage for the whites - although some wines now are starting to fade …
[Read more...] about Moillard-Grivot, Chassagne-Montrachet 1992
It's always a treat to taste old Burgundies, and this week I had the opportunity to taste three aged Burgundies at a light lunch with some good friends. On the table was a Chassagne-Montrachet 1992 from Moillard-Grivot, a Dujac Clos Saint-Denis 1976, and lastly a Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge from …
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The Chassagne La Maltoye is a somewhat weighty wine. The nose offer white and yellow orchard fruits - peach and pear - quite exotic and with a healthy dose of Chassagne minerality. On the palate rich, slightly dense with quite abundant mid-palate fruit. A bit on the rich side for my palate - as is …
[Read more...] about Domaine Heitz-Lochardet, Chassagne La Maltoye 2015
