Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The southern part of Burgundy offers a lot of treasures yet I have normally stopped my wine quest when I have reached the village of Chassagne-Montrachet. The beautiful Marange landscape This year I have however decided to make an effort to uncover the appellations south of Chassagne. Now …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Chevrot – tasting of the 2016s from cask
Santenay is quite overlooked and often offers both good value and a lot of Burgundian pleasure. This is also the case with the Santenay Clos du Genet 2013 from Jessiaume. In the nose red and blue fruits .. notes of cherries, cherry stones and blueberries. On the palate very juicy and vibrant with a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Jessiaume, Santeney Clos du Genet 2013
This weeks article from C. Robert Collins is about another of the overlooked but great reds of Cote de Beaune: "When history jumps up - the forgotten Santenay" The search for great wine vineyards can involve studying maps or researching list of owners of famous crus, or sometimes a wine just …
[Read more...] about Collins Corner #2 – the forgotten Santenay
The Santeney Clos des Gravieres is a new wine in the Lamy portfolio … made from quite young wines - some planted in 2011 while another section is from 1966. The nose offer lovely yellow fruits brought forward by a lovely chalky minerality. On the palate quite rich and delightfully pure offering a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Hubert Lamy, Santenay Clos des Gravieres 2013
This is a real surprise - Domaine Chapelle, Santenay 1976. Not a great terroir, but this is a really good to very good mature wine. On the very positive side, it's drinking very well, on the downside, the wine does not have complexity, as it's from a fairly simple terroir. But for what it is, a …
