The Echezeaux 2014 from Jean-Marc Millot is build for pleasure. It's from plots in Echézeaux du Dessus, Poulaillères and Clos St. Denis and is more about refinement than power. The nose is offering delicate red fruit, forward and quite expressive with a fine mineral note. On the palate juicy red …
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Visit Domaine du Clos Frantin, Tasting of the 2015s from cask
On my June trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure of tasting the 2015s from Domaine du Clos Frantin - a brand/estate within the Maison Albert Bichot group. Domaine du Clos Frantin is the top brand of Bichot and makes the top reds from Cote de Nuits, the winemaker is the talented Cyrille …
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Visit Domaine Grivot – initial impressions of the 2015s
I have followed Domaine Grivot over the last 10 to 15 years and been very impressed by the progress since 2007. The quality has improved significantly every year, and the style has changed to a more refined and terroir driven expression of pinot. The 2014s were magnificent, and I was therefore …
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Visit Domaine Faiveley – tasting of the 2015 vintage
My June trip to Burgundy included my first visit to Domaine Faiveley - and I was generously received by Erwan Faiveley, the dynamic and ambitious leader of the Faiveley estates. Faiveley has improved a lot over the last decade or so under the management of Erwan Faiveley, and within the last 5 …
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Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, Echezeaux 2015
The Echezeaux is another beauty - made from the two climats - Rouges du Bas (a plot just above Echezeaux du Dessus, and a plot in Les Quartiers de Nuits. The nose is offering a lovely almost floral expression of red and darker fruits brought forward by a quite intense mineral note. On the palate …
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