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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2017 from Aurelien Verdet is a quite delightful wine. It has the charm of the vintage - it's airy and quite lightfooted - but with a nice intensity. Forward and rather good complexity for this level - nice iron/earthy minerality - without being NSG austere. (Drink From …
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A new star is born? Perhaps. In any case, without doubt a bright new talent has emerged! While I try to find new names and producers all the time, I frequently find that new producers and talents need some time to hone their methods and refine their style, without having pressure from journalists …
[Read more...] about Tasting of Domaine Pierre Girardin – tasting the 2017s
Domaine Marc Roy is one of my favourite visits of the year, as the wines are always truly lovely, and they are still rather affordable. Bottom line: Visiting Alexandrine and her farther is always a treat, as they are lovely people. I rarely comment about prices, as we all know that grand cru and …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Marc Roy – tasting of the 2018 vintage
An interesting tasting: A Lafon vintage battle, with red 1999 vs red 2009 at R-vinbar in Copenhagen. While Dominique Lafon is known more for his excellent white Burgundies, experience shows me that some lovely wines can be found exploring his reds - especially his Volnays, although the Monthelie …
[Read more...] about Tasting of Comte Lafon reds – 1999 vs 2009
The 2017 Savigny-les-Beaune Aux Fourneaux is showing quite elegantly. In the nose rose pethals, quite fruity and in many ways a classical Savigny. It's medium weight, pure and refined with quite some substance without loosing the Savigny "lightness". A charming glass. (Drink From 2025) - Very …
[Read more...] about Domaine Jean-Pierre Maldant, Savigny-les-Beaune 1er Cru “Aux Fourneaux” 2017
