Winehog - Burgundy with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
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 mysterious world of Gevrey-Chambertin - the reemerging appellation. I got off on the wrong foot with Gevrey-Chambertin back in the 1990s ... buying and tasting extracted, concentrated and or decade-macerated wines. Back in the days where many of these wines tasted more like a Bordeaux with the …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Duroché – tasting of the 2015s from cask
The Gevrey Champeaux 2013 is a beautiful and generous wine. The nose is offering charming red and dark berry fruit - brought forward by a good mineral note. On the palate quite rich and elegant - with a lovely mid-palate fruit. It's showing beautifully and is both generous and refined for the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Tortochot, Gevrey-Chambertin Champeaux 2013
The Gevrey-Chambertin Les Champeaux 1996 from Dennis Mortet is still very undeveloped and tightly knit. The bouquet is bursting with gun powder and raspberries ... with only a few signs of age. On the palate tight and edgy with a powerful midpalate of extracted fruit. Not showing much development …
[Read more...] about Dennis Mortet, Gevery-Chambertin Les Champeaux 1996
