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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Clos du Chateau 2011 is a quite adorable Vosne village. The nose is offering delicate red berry fruit with loads of stony minerality and Vosne spices - hints of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely harmonious fruit - refined and focused for this level - and all is focused by the …
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La Romanee 2011 is a very impressive and gorgeous expression of Vosne terroir. The bouquet is intense and refined with cool red berry fruit - complex spicy aromas with notes of violets, pomegranate and rose petals - and last but least layers of filligree mineralty. On the palate intense …
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The Richebourg 2011 from Gros Frere et Soeur is a strong display of Vosne terroir. The bouquet offer a lovely spicy minerality with notes of violets, all spice, liquorice, coffee and red berry fruit. On the palate quite rich fruit with a powerful backbone of minerality. It's a quite complex despite …
The Vosne Romanee En Orveaux 2011 is quite a step up from the otherwise lovely village Vosne from Cathiard. The bouquet is quite floral, with violets, liquorice and a lovely spicyness. On the palate pure red and dark berry fruit - very balanced and harmonious. It has a lovely mid-palate intensity in …
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The Vosne Romanee Village 2011 from Cathiard is a charming effort. The nose is showing lovely pure red and dark berry fruit, discrete oak and a lovely Vosne spicyness with violets and a hint of liqourice. The palate is offering fine charming and pure pinot fruit with a good expression of Vosne …
