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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Georges Noëllat has within a few years moved from the dark and unknown to a rising bright star on the Burgundy heaven. Maxime Cheurlin is in my view an unique talent ... a natural .. with an intuitive ability for making great Burgundies. Within a few years he has managed to improve quality …
[Read more...] about Visit – Domaine Georges Noëllat tasting of the 2014s from Cask
There is a lot of focus on Aux Malconsorts, Cros Parantoux and Aux Reignots but Vosne-Romanee 1er cru Les Beaux Monts is perhaps a bit overlooked these days. The lack of attention seems a bit strange and perhaps even unfair - as Les Beaux Monts was very highly regarded in the old …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy, Vosne Les Beaux Monts
The 2012 Bourgogne Blanc from Domaine Comte de Vogüé is a quite weighty and bold effort. The bouquet is bursting with exotic yellow fruits, hints of oak, anis and a citrus infused minerality. On the palate rich and weighty with a very fine mineralic drive. It's more focused now than one year ago but …
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This is a very rare bird ... a Beaune Les Bressandes Blanc. It's made by Frederic Cossard and presumably from a plot in the village part of the vineyard i.e. the northern end of Les Bressandes just on the border to Beaune L'Ecu. The bouquet offer a lovely pure and quite exotic fruit .. rich and …
[Read more...] about Frederic Cossard, Beaune Les Bressandes Blanc 2014
Domaine Faiveley has aquired 0.0980 ha of Musigny from the Nuits-Saint-Georges house Dufouleur Freres. The new plot increases the Faiveley holdings of Musigny from 0.0338 ha to 0.1318 ha in total. With this expansion of the area Faiveley will be able to increase the production of Musigny …
[Read more...] about Domaine Faiveley acquire more Les Musigny
