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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Gevrey-Chambertin is showing beautifully and is even better than expected. The nose is bursting with layers of sweet airy red fruit - very charming with nice hints of allspice and cinnamon. On the palate very forward and delightful ... quite openly knit with a lovely weightless feel. Not the …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Gevrey Chambertin 2012
The Lavaux Saint Jacques 2007 from Rousseau is a lovely slightly understated effort. The nose is offering fine cool red berry fruit - notes of raspberries, sous-bois and a discrete underlying earthy minerality. On the palate lovely openly knit fruit ... finely focused by the quite delicate …
[Read more...] about Domaine Armand Rousseau, Gevrey Lavaux St. Jacques 2007
The Lavaux Saint Jacques 2012 from Pacalet is showing beautifully. The nose is crammed with layers of vibrant red fruit ... very juicy with notes of strawberries, pomegranate and raspberries – spiced with allspice and pepper and a deep earthy mineralty. The palate offer a focusing core of ripe and …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux St. Jacques 2012
The Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1996 from Jadot has entered a lovely semi-matured stage. The bouquet is expressive offering a nice selection of red and dark berries spiced with tar, truffles and sous-bois. The sweeter red fruit is tanking over - but still some unresolved dark fruit. On the …
[Read more...] about Louis Jadot, Gevrey Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1996
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cherbaudes is a new terroir for me ... but hopefully this is not the last time I taste a Fourrier from this vineyard. This relatively unknown terroir is located in a sweetspot just below Mazis-Chambertin and Fourrier has a 0.67 ha plot planted in 1940. The nose is bursting with …
[Read more...] about Domaine Fourrier, Gevrey Les Cherbaudes 2012
