Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
There are many relatively unknown estates in Burgundy, and while I do see and taste a lot of Burgundy bottles I actually never noticed Domaine Rougeot in Meursault. Some estates have been famous and well known in previous decades ... and some estates focus on specific markets - hence unknown …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Rougeot – tasting of the red 2015s and 2016s
The 2008 Saint-Aubin Murgers Des Dents de Chien 2008 is maturing and is showing very well. Nose offer lovely complexity with and fine yellow fruit - marturing notes of Belle de Boskoop and hazelnuts, slight hint of a citrus infused buttery note that integrates with the intense minerality. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Bachelet, Saint-Aubin Des Dents de Chien 2008
I do visit quite many estates - and there are many great moments, and highlights - but one of the most precious visits was my first tasting at Domaine Nicholas Faure in the summer of 2016. I came unprepared as I never tasted the wines before - but the tasting revealed a style and quality of …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Nicolas Faure, tasting of the 2016s from cask
The white from Musigny shares the style and minerality from it's red brother from this vineyard. The energy is the same, and while the fruit is generous and lavish with quite some exotic fruit in the bouquet it still has some of the same juicy freshness offered by the red wines. This wine is not …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Musigny Blanc 2015
The Musigny 2015 is a mighty wine .. In the nose red and dark fruit .. blueberries, pomegranate and red currant - brought forward by a very intense floral minerality. On the palate very long, intense and balanced .. the mid-palate fruit is exuberantly lavish, zappy and energetic ... but still …
[Read more...] about Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Musigny 2015
