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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I have travelled Burgundy many times, but never seen or even heard about the village Meuilley. The tasting at Domaine Nicolas Faure certainly put Meuilly on the map for me with one of the most invigorating and memorable tastings I have attended in years. Domaine Nicolas Faure is a new estate - …
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The Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes has taken a further step forward quality wise in the 2014 vintage - adding more focus and definition to the wine. It's showing very well after bottling offering a lovely floral bouquet with juicy red and dark berry fruit - spiced with violets, peony …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, NSG Clos des Grandes Vignes 2014
One of the best wines from the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation is in my view the Clos de Corvées from Domaine Prieuré Roch - a special cuvee made from a monopole within the Aux Corvées vineyard. It's in many ways a quite unusual wine ... conceptualized by a remarkable man - Henri-Frédéric Roch, …
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One of my favorite wines from the Nuits-Saint-Georges is the Aux Cras made by Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. It has all the qualities I look for in a Burgundian wine - it's very enjoyable, it's pure and transparent and first and foremost it offers a lovely expression of the "almost" Vosne …
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The Clos St. Marc 2014 from Patrice Rion is lovely wine ... and quite a contrast to the more stony and expressive Les Argillieres from the same producer. The Clos St. Marc s offering a more filigree and delicate side of Premeaux, In the nose rich red and dark cherries - quite airy with a intense but …
[Read more...] about Domaine Michéle et Patrice Rion, NSG Clos St. Marc 2014
