We are now in March, and with the 2024 yields being minuscule, the charming 2025s are already knocking on the door. Vintages and wines are getting thrown into the market earlier and earlier, with first very initial tastings even a few weeks from harvest! Like it or not ... this is the speed …
Grands Echezeaux
Visit to Domaine Georges Noëllat – Tasting the 2024s from Cask
I always enjoy tasting at Domaine Georges Noëllat, where Maxime Cheurlin has, for more than a decade now, produced some memorable wines. The 2024 vintage was one of the more difficult challenges as the mildew pressure was very severe. Maxime have done well ... it is, however, a lesser vintage …
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Visit to Domaine Jean-Marc Millot – Tasting the 2024s from Cask
Alix Millot have made some good 2024s ... good for the vintage and for the appellation. As always with the 2024s they are not amongst the most powerful wines in history, but when well made - like the Millot wines - they can produce quite some hedonistic happiness. There are limits ... and follow …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair 2024s from cask
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair ... a new vintage ... the 14th since I began visiting Louis-Michel and his fabulous estate in 2012. The 2024 is the smallest vintage in Domaine history (corrected for expansions of the vineyard portfolio) - only 20% of the normal production - in a year with loads of …
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Visit to Arnoud & Sophie – Tasting the 2023s
The end of Domaine Sirugue is now here ... and for the next five vintages, starting with 2023, the wines will be sold under the brand Arnaud et Sophie (Sirugue et Noellat). To clarify, from the 2023 vintage, the wines from the Sirugue estate are be sold under the Arnaud et Sophie label. After …
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