Domaine Maume-Siblas is an estate originating from the old Maume Domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin. The demise of the Maume estate is quite complex, and somehow also a bit irrelevant, as it is now 15 years since the main parts of the Maume estate were sold to Marchand-Tawse. Yes, Maume-Siblas …
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Visit to Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg – Tasting the 2024s
2024 is in many ways an unusual vintage. It was humid, low yields and several more challenges on the way to the bottle. The main challenges were issues with the flowering, and then, devastating mildew ... the worst ever according to experienced vignerons. The production was down to 70% and while …
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Terroir in focus – Gevrey Les Cazetiers
Many relatively unknown terroirs deserve a cheer and a nod for the potential qualities we find when it is brought forward by the right hedonistic friend. Les Cazetiers is not really unknown ... but somehow deserves a shout-out ... don't you think?. I might even do a deeper article, but to be …
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Terroir in focus – Blanchot Dessous
Many relatively unknown terroirs deserve a cheer and a nod for the potential qualities we find when it is brought forward by the right hedonistic friend. One such friend is Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay, who produces a truly lovely village Chassagne from this village vineyard just below …
Terroir in focus – Gevrey-Chambertin Combe de Lavaut
Many relatively unknown terroirs deserve a cheer and a nod for the potential qualities we find when it is brought forward by the right hedonistic friend. One such friend is Jean-Luc Burguet, who now produces a wine from the edge of the Combe de Lavaut ... just at the southern end of Lavaut …
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