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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I have tasted the Meo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot 2008 several times and currently it seems in a transitory stage ... some from very cool cellars are quite backward and less exiting, wheres others are showing more energy and verve. This example - froma cellar that holds 13 celcius all the year - offered …
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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 ... …
[Read more...] about Vistit Domaine Y. Clerget – tasting of the 2015s from cask
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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