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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2008 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet is a tremendous effort ... deep, weighty and intense - yet it has maintained the core quality of the 2008 vintage .. the vibrant freshness and acidity. The nose offer deep white and yellow fruits - slight maturing detectable .. but very fresh .. with a …
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A very pleasent surprise ... the 2006 Leflaive's are a mixed bunch, some very ripe and with high alcohol levels. This example of the 2006 Laflaive Chevalier-Montrachet did however show magnificently. It's a rich and ripe Chevalier, with plenty of fruit, still some exotic orchard fruit notes in …
[Read more...] about Domaine Leflaive, Chevalier Montrachet 2006
The Chevalier-Montrachet was harvested on August 27th .. and the early harvest has preserved quite a lot of freshness in this wine. The nose offer layers of cool white fruit - floral with some more exotic elements of peach and ananas. On the palate tremendous depth and length - sappy fruit - fine …
[Read more...] about Domaine Heitz-Lochardet, Chevalier-Montrachet 2015
On my March trip to Burgundy I had the chance and pleasure to taste some wines from Domaine Heitz-Lochardet - both from the 2013 vintage and the 2014 vintage - and to meet Armand Heitz the man behind the wines a couple of times. Both the whites and the reds impressed me, and Armand Heitz is in my …
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Bouchard Pere et Fils is the largest owner on Chevalier-Montrachet - and they produce two cuvees .. this "regular" bottling and the top cuvee La Cabotte made from the plot located just above the Bouchard plot on Montrachet. While La Cabotte is the top dog ... there is nothing regular about this …
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