Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
One of the highlights of my May/June 2018 trip was a tasting at a brand new and exiting estate - Maison and possibly later Domaine Marthe Henry Boillot in Meursault. And when I say brand new - it's as new as an estate can get ... the labels are not yet fully designed or printed for that matter, …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Marthe Henry Boillot – tasting the 2017s from cask
It's this time of the year - when I usually taste the lineup of Domaine Roulot - and why change a splendid tradition. The tasting of the 2016s were however somewhat different to the earlier years, as the frost had caused some adjustments to the lineup. First things first - no Meursault …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Roulot – tasting of the 2016s from cask
October 24th 2017 - delighted to be back at Domaine Arnaud Tessier in Meursault - expectations high and feeling motivated to taste some fine Meursault. Arnaud Tessier - who seems to love hard work - is expanding the estate, after buying the neighbouring buildings. The work began almost one year …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Arnaud Tessier, tasting the 2016 vintage from tank
To the big guns …. first is the Meursault Poruzots 2015 – a very elegant Poruzot with a lovely freshness for the vintage. The nose is offering pure and ripe white and yellow orchard fruits – white peach and pear - fine detailed minerality and a quite firm reductive note. On the palate, beautifully …
[Read more...] about Antoine Jobard, Meursault Poruzots 2015
I do have my favourite estates in Burgundy – and Domaine Antoine Jobard is certainly one of them. I have tasted, enjoyed, engulfed and consumed many bottles from this estate – hence I have tasted a lot of the wines produced over the last 10 years and some even further back. To me this estate …
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