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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Echezeaux Les Cruots or if you like Echezeaux Les Vigne Blanches is one of the most interesting terroirs in the Flagey-Echezeaux part of Burgundy. Henry Jayer found this to be one of the best terroirs in the large Echezeaux grand cru - and Jayer apparently made a special Echezeaux cuvée from this …
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The Domaine Ponsot Chapelle Clos de Vougeot 2002 is still somewhat backward. The nose is showing mainly dark fruits and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate quite intense and weighty fruit - deep and still rather youthful. A very fine Clos de Vougeot - that will need some years to unfold. …
The Domaine Ponsot Chapelle Chambertin 1999 is beginning to show some mature notes - fruit is more organic and red starting to expand the complexity. The nose is lovely fine mixture of red and dark berries - delicate and showing a lovely generous red fruit. On the palate rich quite weighty with …
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The 2016 Meursault Charmes from Laurent Ponsot is a delightful surprise to be honest - as the 2016 whites can be somewhat high on the concentration. I have not tasted many white Ponsots before, but this is text-book Meursault - fresh and vivid - no low yield intensity to cloud the expression of …
The 2016 Griotte Chambertin from Ponsot is a special wine. First and foremost this is the first vintage from the new Laurent Ponsot negotiant business and secondly this is rather a hedonistic bomb. The nose is crammed with sweet dark fruits - raspberries and mulberries - very rich and with a lovely …
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