While some think that making wine is a simple operation, I can assure you this is not the case, particularly as regards modern-day, top-end winemaking in Burgundy. Olivier Lamy is one of the true forerunners in testing new methods to help optimise his wines, and also in helping other vignerons by …
Saint Aubin Les Frionnes
Domaine Hubert Lamy, Saint-Aubin Les Frionnes 2013
The Saint-Aubin Les Frionnes is one of the "lesser" 1er crus but still a both gorgeous and filigree wine. The nose offer lovely ripe fruit brought forward by a citrus infused filigree mineraliity. On the palate refined and balanced with a very good midpalate fruit - round, harmonious - with a quite …
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Carpe Diam … seize the cork … a small test of closures
It´s getting increasingly difficult and expensive to find high quality corks for our beloved Burgundies. The share of corked wines (tainted with TCA) seems to increase over the years, and many think the Premox problems somehow are related to the decreasing and variable quality of the corks …
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Domaine Hubert Lamy, Saint-Aubin Les Frionnes 2012
The Saint-Aubin Les Frionnes is one of the "lesser" 1er crus but still a both gorgeous and vibrant wine. The nose is slightly restained and more chalky and offer discrete white orchard fruits with more density and minerality than the village. On the palate lovely balance and weight ... beautifully …
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