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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Visiting Alexandrine Roy and tasting the latest vintage just before the bottling is a highly enjoyable tradition. Her Domaine Marc Roy wines are archetypical vins d'emotion, and are wines that will thrill and bowl you over with hedonistic pleasure. While not at the very top of the Burgundy grand cru …
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François Millet has been a big part of my last 20 years in Burgundy. I have known him since I visited Domaine de Vogüé for the first time in 2000. Now, however, it's time for a change: François Millet is retiring from de Vogüé and joining the family business - or should I say creating a family …
[Read more...] about Millet 2020s: A view into a changing world
I have followed Philippe Pacalet's wines since his first vintage almost 20 years ago. I furthermore followed the wines he made at Domaine Prieure-Roch before he began on his own. I enjoy Pacalet's wines, and they almost always provide - for me at least - an essential hedonistic joy, despite the …
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New? Something new? In my book, Château de Charodon with Louis Vallet is a new name on the Burgundy scene, although Vallet has long worked at different estates here - most recently at Domaine Pierre Bourée, his family's old domaine. However, he's turned the page and started a new negociant …
[Read more...] about Visit to Château de Charodon – tasting the 2019s
Thibault Liger-Belair is a vigneron I have followed since 2004 - his third vintage, I think. While the wines were good - it took quite many years before the wines began to give me a great hedonistic thrill. In recent years I have wondered more and more about the work Thibault is doing and the …
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