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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2014 La Romanee is a beautiful wine - showing very well even at this early stage. In the bouquet layers of very delicate red fruit - notes of strawberries, boysenberries, cherries - spiced with violets and peony rose and - presented by a very refined and powerful filigree minerality. On the …
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The 2014 Pommard Rugiens from Heitz-Lochardet is a delightful glas of Pinot. The nose is floral and expressive (100% whole cluster) with lovely red and dark fruits and spiced with hints of cinnamon and peony rose. On the palate lovely depth and energy in the juicy almost silky mid-palate fruit ... …
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The Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Les Argillieres 2014 is a gorgeous wine. The nose is offering organic fruit very floral - whole cluster and relatively low SO2. It's bursting with red and dark forest berries - very detailed and expressive. On the palate rich and weighty for this level ... quite …
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The first impressions I get from the new vintage is often a extensive tasting at Maison Philippe Pacalet. The wines from Pacalet is perfect for this purpose as the finish malolactic fermentation very early and even more important they have a very pure and clear expression of the vintage and the …
[Read more...] about Visit Philippe Pacalet, tasting of the 2015 red 1er crus
The Corton Clos du Roi from Domaine de Montille is a gorgeous wine. Its transparent and lightfooted but with true grand cru intensity. The nose offer beautiful organic red fruits - delicate and transparent unveiling the fine minerailty of the Corton hill. On the palate intense yet also refined and …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Montille, Corton Clos du Roi 2012
