Just back from tasting the 2019s at Domaine Dujac with Jeremy Seysses - a magnificent tour of this delightful vintage, and a treat to taste the bottled wines. The trip from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Morey-Saint-Denis was rainy, to say the least (raining hogs and pigs), and Brompton was both dirty …
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Visit to Domaine Emmanuel Rouget – tasting the 2019s
Visiting a legend: This is quite a claim, but a fitting one for a tasting at Domaine Emmanuel Rouget in Flagey-Echezeaux. I arrived on Brompton (very convenient and speedy), and found the discreet Emmanuel Rouget estate in the village - he who lives hidden lives well. By the way, some visits …
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Domaine d’Eugenie 2019s tasted in bottle
The Domaine d'Eugenie wines have improved tremendously over the years - especially during the last five - reaching new levels of refinement and delicacy. Giving the wines the proper time and respect, some truly lovely and joyful moments can be had with the d'Eugenie wines. Vins d'emotion? Yes, …
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Visit to Domaine du Clos Frantin – Tasting the 2019s from cask
Albert Bichot and its top brand, Clos Frantin, are large portfolios, and regardless of the restraint shown by Philippe de Marcilly (Bichot's commercial director), its tastings always go beyond 30 wines - more than I can integrate into one article. I will therefore break them up, starting out …
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The perception of roses – Domaine Jean-Pierre Guyon’s 2020s
Hand-destemming grapes bunch by bunch - or a variation on this technique - is being tested and implemented more frequently by some of Burgundy's winemakers. Domaine Moron-Garcia, headed by Pierre-Olivier Garcia, was presumably the first to practice "baie par baie" (berry by berry) destemming in …
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