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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Clos du Chateau 2009 a very fine wine without the usual heavy sweet notes from the 2009 vintage. A Lovely, elegant, silky and seductive wine, classic Vosne Romanee. Note, this is not a big wine, but an incredibly well-made and charming village wine. This is a lovely wine! (2011 - 2025) - 90p …
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The Meo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot 2004 will turn into a fine wine, it's focused as most 2004 wines, and starting to show a little sweetness on the palate. It still need some time, before it will show all it's potential, but is a pleasure with food now. I would think a similar wine from a cold cellar …
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Comte de Vogue Musigny 1997 was a pleasent surprise. Quite open and reasonably accessible. Tasted last at new year 2010/2011, and at that time it was very closed and disapointing. This example was starting to get mature tones, a little sweetness, and above all it was fairly accommodating. This wine …
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Fanny Sabre, Pommard VV 2007, a lovely hippie wine (organic) from a for me unknown producer. Very interesting wine, not the greatest terroir, but is a clean and honest wine - with good balance and freshness. Definitely a producer to keep an eye on. Good to very good. (2014 - 2020) - 87p …
Georges Roumier Les Gras 2000 (89p), a fine mature Burgundy. Not a big wine, but very tasty as a mature Roumier almost always is. Pronounced sweet tones, forest, truffle ... so many good things in the complex Bouquet. Roumier very nice when they reach a certain level of maturity. Very good. (now - …
