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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Clos de Vougeot from Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée at Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg is a beauty. The nose offer layers of red and dark berry fruit - lovely complexity - spiced with a hint of oak, chocolate and a lovely deep earthyness. On the palate silky, refined with a very fine mid-palate …
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The Clos de Vougeot 2014 from Drouhin is a both juicy and focused wine. The nose is offering red and dark berry fruits - forward but a bit understated - with a deep earthy minerality - textbook Clos de Vougeot. On the palate quite full bodied offering a very fine mid-palate intensity - with a long …
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The Echezeaux 2014 from Drouhin is a both delightful and somehow surprisingly intense wine. The nose offer a lovely collection of red fruits - brought forward by a quite tightly knit and powerful minerality. On the palate pure and transparent red fruit - intense but effortless and lightfooted - with …
The prices on top vineyards in Burgundy have reached astronomic levels, and this means that the plots on the top vineyards rarely are traded these days. The ownership structure is somewhat stuck in the old patterns .. with little or no possibility to acquire plots on the big grand crus for …
Cécile Tremblay is improving year after year and the Echezeaux 2014 is a delight to taste. The nose offer af lovely selection of Vosne spices, and a deep an pure red and dark berry fruit. On the palate very juicy fruit - transparent with a very fine definition - its long, and intense yet very …
