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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Maison Camille Giroud is one of the best adresses for affordable wines of high quality. This is mainly due to the talented winemaker and manager David Croix, who has taken Camille Giroud from traditional old school Burgundies to classic contemporary Burgundies within his 15 years as head of the wine …
[Read more...] about Visit Maison Camille Giroud, tasting of the 2015 vintage from cask
The Chambertin Clos de Bezé 2008 from Prieure Roch is a very vibrant, expressive and energetic wine. The bouquet is bursting with red fruit - spiced with allspice, cinnamon - and backed by a quite intense minerality. On the palate juicy, vibrant with a quite generous mid-palate fruit. It's like many …
[Read more...] about Domaine Prieure-Roch, Chambertin Clos de Bezé 2008
Griotte-Chambertin has a special place in my Burgundy heart - as it was one of the first Grand Crus I acquired when I began to collect Burgundies around 1990. I adore a good Griotte as it often seems to offer both drinkability and delicate complexity not often found in a Gevrey - aside form the …
On my June trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure of tasting the 2015s from Domaine du Clos Frantin - a brand/estate within the Maison Albert Bichot group. Domaine du Clos Frantin is the top brand of Bichot and makes the top reds from Cote de Nuits, the winemaker is the talented Cyrille …
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The two greatest vineyards of the Gevrey-Chambertin appellations is without doubt Le Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze ... although I adore Ruchottes Chambertin for hedonistic reasons purely. One could even argue that Le Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze in fact is one vineyard, and it …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Faiveley Clos de Bèze Les Ouvrées Rodin
