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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Clos Prieur is a delighful wine from a special terroir located just below Mazis-Chambertin. In the nose delicate quite floral red fruit, cinnamon, and perfumed by a quite intense chalky/earthy minerality. On the palate crisp and cool with this fine chalkiness playing with the red berries. I love …
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The Cuvee Alexandrine is a very special wine made from 100% millerandage grapes (shot berries). In the bouquet lovely expressive quite floral red fruit … notes of pomegranate and cherries. On the palate very juicy fruit … pure and so vibrant, with it's delicate pomegranate notes. This is a gorgeous …
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La Justice - located just behind the domaine - is more focused and defined than the charming Vieilles Vigne. The bouquet is bursting with cherries, cherry stones and red forest berries brought forward by a fine earthy minerality. On the palate more concentration and focus .. with a perhaps more …
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The Gevrey Vieilles Vigne is a delightfully expressive effort - made from a 70+ year old vines. In the bouquet layers of red and dark berry fruit … pure and outgoing with a lovely expression of Gevrey terroir. On the palate good concentration - but still quite lightfooted and airy. Love the display …
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The Gevrey-Chambertin generic village is by far the largest of the Benjamin Leroux cuvees in 2013 with 25 casks in total. It may be a large production, but it is certainly a pretty little wine offering a lovely fruity side of the vintage .. Gevrey did well in 2013. In the nose quite forward offering …
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