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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I have not had the opportunity to visit Domaine Fourrier since the 2015 vintage, so I was delighted to be back to taste the 2018s. I like the Fourrier wines, with their forward and apparent fruity pleasure. They are perhaps not the most concentrated or powerful wines, but their gorgeous fruity …
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The Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques 2000 from Rousseau is in a beautiful place - offering maturing notes. In the bouquet red and dark berries, lovely complex notes - hints of iron, asian spices. On the palate partly resolved fruit - red and dark fruits - quite mature yet still a slightly …
[Read more...] about Domaine Armand Rousseau, Clos St. Jacques 2000
Burgundy is about all change - and since I have been collecting Bourgundian wines for almost 25 years, a lot of changes has happened since I began to buy wines from the region. When I began the "Parker wave" in Burgundy had just started (in view one of the darkest periods in recent Bourgundian …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Fourrier, tasting of the 2015s
The Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques 2005 from Rousseau is a quite monumental wine - still very youthful. The nose offer variations of red and dark berry fruits - dark cherries, hints of plum - quite open offering a deep earthy minerality - oak still present. On the palate big muscular and …
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The Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques 2007 from Rousseau is a gorgeous wine - youthful and drinking well. The nose is very refined offering delicate and fine berry notes - red currant, cherries and raspberries. On the palate harmonious and medium weight fruit - the finish is long and quite …
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