Chablis and the Winehog was never a love story, as I apparently got off on the wrong foot when I entered the northern provinces of Burgundy. I have jokingly suggested that Chablis, in fact, is the southern section of Alsace ... but today I know more and have more respect. To correct my mistake …
Burgundy
Visit Domaine Jean-Marie Fourrier, tasting the 2024s
There is no reason to write several pages about the greatness of Jean-Marie Fourrier ... he is plain, and simply one of the very best producers of red Burgundy ... and I really mean VERY BEST! I love the silky and elegant wines, the hedonistic joy you get from the wines - the lovely …
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Visit to Marchand-Tawse – Tasting the 2024s
Tasting the 2024 vintage has been both enduring and encouraging on the red side ... not a great vintage ... but a vintage that can provide lovely drinking for those who are careful and study the data and notes well. The whites, however, is a different picture ... check the last part of the …
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Visit to Domaine Roulot – Tasting the 2024s
The 2024 vintage, with the low alcohol and the lovely transparent and airy fruit, is a wonderful treat. The pheenolics are ripe ... just ripe ... with a cool note. Most of the wines have almost optimal phenolics ... close to... and this is in my view a tremendous opportunity for getting a great …
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Back to the vineyards …
Winehog started with mapping the vineyards, and while I have been maintaining this over the years, I think it is time to revitalise the maps and explore some of the great terroirs in the 1er crus and village categories. I have been talking to a lot of readers, and almost everyone mentions the …