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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Clos de la Roche 2004 from Rousseau is a surprisingly lightfooted and delightful effort for the vintage. Quite light in color with lovely red organic fruit in the nose - offering fine notes of cherries and cherry stones. On the palate lightfooted and quite delicate with lovely red fruit - quite …
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The Lignier Clos de la Roche 1996 is a magnificent effort and is now fulfilling the great promise it showed in its youth. In the nose layers of red and dark berry fruit infused with delicate sous-bois notes, hints of truffle and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate layers of airy fruit ... a big …
Dujac have a special place in my Burgundy heart .... as it was one of the first estates I ever visited in Burgundy. I have followed Dujac in many years and while the quality always has been very high - I think the recent vintages are even a notch better. Photo: Alec Seysses pondering the …
[Read more...] about Visit – tasting of the 2013s from Domaine Dujac
The Clos de la Roche 2011 from Ponsot is a very intense and special wine. In the nose delicate sweet almost perfumed ripe fruit with notes of forest strawberries, raspberries, liqueur ... spiced with violets and a deep but discrete earthy minerality. The fruit in the nose is airy and delicate with …
The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Dujac is a gorgeous wine ... and is showing fine form. The nose is expressive with crisp and quite floral red berry fruit supported by a lovely earthy minerality. On the palate delightful and vibrant red fruit ... lovely energy and balance. This wine is more forward …
