While Burgundy is a very old, historic area, not all is what it seems regarding its wines and appellations. The Montrachet area - with Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, and the more recent Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet - was actually formalized in …
Burgundy
Terroir Insight: Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet is a special vineyard producing an intriguing wine that on occasion can give Batard-Montrachet a run for its money. Yet often it frustrates your expectations, and you would have preferred a bottle of Chevalier-Montrachet or a more predictable Batard. So what is it …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon
I have old, fond memories of Domaine Leflaive, and have for many years treasured the Leflaive style. While Leflaive has what one could call the "full monty" of Puligny-Montrachet's great wines, one vineyard is a bit overlooked: Clavoillon. This is for me, however, a wine with extraordinary …
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Domaine Truchetet Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Topons 2018
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Topons from Morgan Truchetet is quite a step up from his Cotes de Nuits Village, coming from a village terroir on the border of Premeaux and Nuits. As with other 2018s it needs some time in the glass to unfold. Somewhat tight immediately at the get-go, it expands nicely …
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Visit to Domaine Naudin-Ferrand – poetry up and above
«Viola Odorata» - a poetic name for a very lyrical wine. This is more or less where my infatuation starts... I have tasted Claire Naudin's wines and, while I really liked and enjoyed them, thus far the tastings had been in more informal "hippie"-like circumstances. These wines are, however, …
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