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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2015 vintage was a hot vintage - and a dry vintage during the summer, and even though rain came in August some vineyards and especially younger vines seem to have suffered from lack of water. Some vines apparently got stressed by the lack of water during the summer, while other …
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I was parking the car in the center of Pommard almost in front of the shop Appellation Chocolat .. on my way to taste the 2015s at Domaine Y. Clerget further down the street - and then I recalled the name Clerget from a great bottle moment ... Clerget and Pommard has a special meaning to me ... …
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To be honest I was very impressed indeed by the 2015s when I tasted them in June 2016 - it was before malo, so I was quite cautious not to be too exited, but already at that point I felt that something special was fermenting in the barrels in the cellars at Domaine Grivot. I was therefore …
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One of the new very exiting estates in Burgundy is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet - it involves Domaine Berthaut in Fixin, Domaine Gerbet in Vosne-Romanée and some rented vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin. The estate has now changed name to Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet (in previous vintages it was a mix of …
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Domaine Grivot has improved quality tremendously over the last 5 to 10 years, optimizing and improving the wines little by little each year. The wines are made with a lighter hand with the oak less present in the young wines, and since 2009 the micro details and the purity of the wines have been …
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