Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
While Chambertin is certainly the top wine of Domaine Trapet's range, its Latricières-Chambertin also has a special place in my Burgundy-loving heart. Latricières is perhaps the most accommodating of the grands crus to rising summer temperatures. Still, it does need both patience and plenty of …
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The Jérémy Recchione labels attract attention and focus. So do the wines. They started out in 2017 as "regular" organic wines with little sulphur, but evolved further in 2018 and 2019 into wines made and bottled with no sulphur. CALL OF THE WILD!! A short Hog-story: Back in 1987, I scared my …
Just looking at Jérémy Recchione's labels one sees the edge - and the passion. This is, of course, my interpretation, but somehow the provocative nature of the labels and the lively, energetic wines go very well together. The labels attract attention and focus. So do the wines. They started …
I have been following the progress at Domaine Trapet for years. When I tasted the 2010s I got really excited, and was thrilled by the airy lightness of the wines' character. (This is how I normally start an article...) But these are not normal times. Global warming, Covid-19 - the world …
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Jean-Marie Fourrier's neighbour is not in the limelight, as we there find one of the undiscovered delicacies of Gevrey-Chambertin. The neighbor in no 5 is Alain Voegeli, who has a very small - yet old - estate producing only one wine, a village Gevrey-Chambertin. Alain Voegeli has been running …
