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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
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 …
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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 …
I really love Ponsot wines when they are open and accessible ... sadly it's somehow difficult to find the drinking window on the Ponsot wines. Quite a lot of 1999 reds are starting to show beautifully - but this is not the case with Clos de la Roche from Ponsot. The nose is quite dark and slightly …
The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Hubert Lignier is still very youthful and a real powerhouse. In the bouquet intense dark fruits, cherries, liquorice, oriental spices and a hint of sous-bois. On the palate quite dense and dark fruit, it's rich but also quite rustic with abundant tannins ... really …
