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I now come to the second report on Clément Boillot's family wine portfolio, consisting of three domaines: his own endeavour in Beaujolais; his father's estate, Domaine Louis Boillot; and Domaine Ghislaine Barthod from his mother. In this article I cover Domaine Louis Boillot. His father's domaine …
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Thibaud Clerget has been busy the last couple of years, and he has now completed a new office building at his domaine in Pommard. More importantly, he has expanded his estate with a big share of the former Domaine Régis Rossignol-Changarnier estate that he's divided with Arnaud Baillot. This …
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We have now come to the third and final report on Clément Boillot's family domaines. He has, as I wrote earlier, taken over his family’s wine portfolio, consisting of three domaines: his own endeavour in Beaujolais; his father's estate, Domaine Louis Boillot; and Domaine Ghislaine Barthod from his …
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La Pousse d'Or occupies a strange blind spot in my Burgundian mind, as the greatness of its historic efforts and its rebuilding under Patrick Landanger was just getting under way when I began to collect Burgundies in the mid- to late-1990s. I never really knew the old estate management under …
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To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. The list was updated on June 27th, 2022. Comments and thoughts The list contains producers that regularly score an emotional rating, and they are ranked in …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from Volnay and Pommard (Update)
