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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Tasting Burgundies should be and is often quite easy ... taste and evaluate ... and write the comment and your scores and emotional hearts But as you peel the layers of the wine, complexity arises. Why is one wine slightly more intense, and why does one apparently have more energy? Often these …
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I rarely taste Chablis. This became an unfortunate habit back when my main mode of transport was my Vespa. Despite my love for my Vespa, servicing Chablis with your scooter is perhaps being overly optimistic, as my home is in Nuits-Saint-Georges. I have tasted Domaine Antoine et Laurent Robin …
[Read more...] about Chablis – Domaine Antoine et Laurent Robin 2023
Summer seems to be the time of big tastings and events in Nuits-Saint-Georges … first the 200 celebration of Faiveley and then a wonderful perspective on the ethereal Mazis-Chambertin of Domaine-Marchand Tawse. The Mazis-Chambertin is one of the very top wines of Marchand-Tawse bottlings, …
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Jane Eyre has become one of my favourite vignerons, producing a beautiful lineup of negociant wines from Burgundy, Beaujolais and even Australia. Jane always seems to capture the beauty of the Pinot. Slightly fragile, the perfumed note that turns a Pinot Noir into a Pinot d'émotion. It's some …
[Read more...] about Jane Eyre the delicacy of Pinot d`émotion
There are many undiscovered estates in Burgundy, and sometimes, these are hiding some true gems. Recently, I stumbled upon a relatively unknown estate in Chorey-Les-Beaune - Domaine Georges Roy ... and boy, was I in for a surprising treat ... white Chorey! Domaine Georges Roy in the core …
