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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Château de Charodon, under Louis Vallet, is a relatively new name on the Burgundy scene, although Vallet has long worked at different estates here - most recently at Domaine Pierre Bourée, his family domaine. However, he's turned the page and started a new negociant business in the buildings of …
[Read more...] about Visit to Château de Charodon – Tasting the Red 2021s
Château de Charodon, under Louis Vallet, is a new name on the Burgundy scene, although Vallet has long worked at different estates here - most recently at Domaine Pierre Bourée, his old family domaine. However, he's turned the page and started a new negociant business in the buildings of his …
[Read more...] about Visit to Château de Charodon – Tasting the Red 2020s
New? Something new? In my book, Château de Charodon with Louis Vallet is a new name on the Burgundy scene, although Vallet has long worked at different estates here - most recently at Domaine Pierre Bourée, his family's old domaine. However, he's turned the page and started a new negociant …
[Read more...] about Visit to Château de Charodon – tasting the 2019s
Domaine Michel Gaunoux is a special and unique estate. It respects traditions and upholds these to the benefit of fans of older-school Burgundy. Burgundy in retrospect Burgundy has changed radically since I began my quest for great pinot and chardonnay in the early 1990s. Back then, …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Michel Gaunoux Corton Renardes
Today I am starting on the most daunting project of them all - the mighty Corton hill. This unique and complex vineyard is a lifelong study, and presumably one would have to start all over in the midst of the project, as owners and vignerons would have changed. So, in reality, I will never …
