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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Benjamin Leroux is one of the most talented winemakers of his generations. He has recently resigned from his job as régisseur at Comte Armand, and is now focusing on this own negociant business in Beaune. Maison Benjamin Leroux was launched with the 2007 vintage, and has gradually been expanded …
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There are many vineyards in Burgundy, and even quite highly regarded 1er crus can be almost unknown, if the owners and vignerons producing the wines are under the market radar. Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Didiers is one of these 1er crus ... located in the northern part of Premeaux-Prissey, just …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Bousselots is ... as always .. more tightly wound than the Morey Blanchards. The bouquet show slightly darker fruit - with notes of raspberries, dark cherries and a lovely focusing earthy minerality. On the palate tightly knit and intense fruit - slightly edgy - classic …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dublère, Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Bousselots 2013
Ok I may be a bit biased here .. I love the Aux Cras terroir. In the bouquet lovely red and dark berry fruit airy and brought forward by a energetic minerality. On the palate quite rich and very vibrant with a lovely pure and refined midpalate fruit and a playful minerality - so typical of this …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras 2013
Moving over to the dark side ..... to the somewhat more robust Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Boudots. In the nose darker and more weighty fruit ... lovely slightly eathy minerality .. slightly reduced not giving a lot of details to work with currently. On the palate more substantial and weighty than the …
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