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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Charmes-Chambertin 2015 is a generous and velvet wine. The nose is bursting with layers of red and ripe fruit. On the palate it's very generous with ripe and sweet predominantly red fruit .. a very charming and seductive wine .. balanced with a nice freshness but lacking a bit of the vibrant …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dujac, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015
The Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes is one of the highlights in the 2015 lineup. This wine is coming from a cool terroir below the Monts Luisants hill. This is a brilliant wine and clearly the best Aux Combottes I have tasted from Dujac so far .. and I have followed this wine for two decades of …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dujac, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015
39 celsius ... trying to find some shadow for the car on Place des Marronniers - then a short walk to Domaine Marc Roy. It's burning hot and even the short trip across RN974 is daunting mid-day - Vikings are not made for these temperatures. At Domaine Marc Roy I find Marc Roy himself just back …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Marc Roy – tasting of the 2016 vintage
Benjamin Leroux is one of the most talented winemakers of his generations. A few years back he resigned from his job as régisseur at Comte Armand, and is now focusing on this own negociant business in Beaune. Maison Benjamin Leroux was launched with the 2007 vintage, and has gradually been …
[Read more...] about Visit: Benjamin Leroux – tasting of the 2015s
This week I had the opportunity to taste a large selection of the 2015s from Bouchard Pere et Fils. The Danish importer of Bouchard, Eric Sorensen and the Export Manager Maisons et Domaines Henriot, Victor Pepin, also this year joined forces to present the new vintage by showing a wide and …
