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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2014 Domaine Leflaive Pulight-Montrachet is a very refined and elegant wine. The nose offer pure and crystaline white orchard fruits supported by a lovely citrus infused minerality. On the palate very delicate and detailed - offering plenty of length and intensity in a effortless and airy way. …
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The Puligny-Montrachet Hameau de Blagny 2013 from Martelet de Cherisey is still very youthful. The bouquet is offering rich almost exotic white and yellow orchard fruits - very juicy and rich for the vintage - with the tremendous minerality of the fine terroir lurking underneath the fruit. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Martelet de Cherisey, Puligny Hameau de Blagny 2013
Puligny-Montrachet Hameau de Blagny is a very interesting terroir - highly regarded by Lavalle - and justifyably so .. it has a gorgeous stony minerality. The producer Martelet de Cherisey is new to me, but have done a fine job with this 2012. The nose is fresh for the vintage with a lovely mineral …
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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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