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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2019 vintage appears to have been a big and successful year for the Clos de Vougeot, despite the year's warm underlying character. It was quite a hot year, and the vines' location in the Clos de Vougeot can in some cases decide the outcome for the producer: good, great, big and/or …
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It is consistently a treat to visit Domaine Mugnier, and an hour with Frédéric Mugnier always leaves one thoughtful. Tasting wines here from a year like 2019 can easily leave one free of worries and intoxicated by the sheer beauty and complexity of the vintage - they are that good, despite …
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Four open bottles of Domaine Moron-Garcia! It sounds almost too good to be true! This was nevertheless what happened, as I had the chance to follow four wines over a week. I was very impressed when I tasted the Moron-Garcia '19s from the cask in late 2019 and again in 2020, and now I had the …
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Domaine Chicotot is one of the upcoming estates in Nuits-Saint-Georges, following the tremendous work in the vineyards done by the family's newest generation in the form of son Clément. The wines are still a bit old-school NSG - meaning relatively dark and requiring some time before they begin to …
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Domaine Trapet, one of the true pioneers of biodynamic viticulture, is now taking a giant leap by completely changing its pruning system and canopy management in order to cope with global warming. While Domaine Leroy is mainly using higher trellising, Jean-Louis Trapet and his sons Pierre and …
