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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Morey 1er cru is a slightly overlooked wine in my view ... a shame as its provide excellent drinking when it matures ... still recall the fabulous 1983 tasted some years back. The 2013 is no slouch either offering a lovely layered fruit on the nose - brought forward by a lovely defined …
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Moving to the Domaine Morey village we see a step up in concentration and focus. On the palate darker and deeper fruit - with a more distinct expression of terroir. On the palate a bit more weight in the fruit - more tightly knit - with a lovely focus and length for this level. Will require some …
The Morey village from Dujac Fils et Pere is showing all the qualities I like in this line-up of wine. In the bouquet rather expressive openly knit fruit - notes of red and dark fruits - spiced with a discrete earthy expression of the terroir. On the palate quite weighty fruit for this level - nice …
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The Clos Saint Denis 2012 from Benjamin Leroux is a quite lightfooted, refined and very delicate grand cru. The nose offer a beautiful complexity with notes of red and dark cherries, red currant and forest strawberries infused with a delicate minerality. On the palate layers of rich airy red fruit …
The Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2012 is out of this world ... In the nose super ripe with a mix of red and yellow fruits - forest strawberries, marula fruit, Cloudberries and mulberries .. very expressive and intensely rich. On the palate rich, velvet and very intense fruit ... expressive flavors …
