I have always loved the whites from Chanterêves ... they have a lovely balance and freshness ... and a nice vivid joie de vivre feel ... Just to recap... "Joie de vivre" is a beautiful French phrase often used to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general …
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
Visit to Vincent Ledy – Tasting the 2021s
Vincent Ledy has evolved quite a bit since my first visit. He is, nonetheless, still the slightly frisky vigneron who will try anything/everything to make better wines. And his is a world of contrasts (see wines below). I love it when adventurous, innovative people attack their work with …
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Vins d’Emotion from the Côte de Nuits – Off Piste
To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. In this article I have assembled vignerons from the smaller, but still very exciting, appellations: Dijon, Marsannay, Fixin, Côte de Nuits villages, and Hautes Côtes …
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Visit to Vincent Ledy – tasting the 2020s
Vincent Ledy has moved quite some way since my first visit a year and a half ago. He is, nonetheless, still the slightly frisky vigneron who will try everything to make better wines. That leads him to try things that no one else would try - aside from perhaps Marc Soyard and other like-minded whole …
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Generous and wild: Vincent Ledy
Vincent Ledy is one of a kind: a guy with a great, unpolished talent, and a vigneron that no doubt will divide opinions amongst many wine geeks. His old-vine intensity (most plots are older than 40 years), low-sulphur vinification and bottling, and unmanipulated fruit - no new oak - produce both …