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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Richebourg 2004 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is quite extrovert and matured wine. In the bouquet lovely red fruit with notes of sous-bois, violets and peony rose - hints of orange and tar. On the palate quite intense openly knit fruit and minerality - expressive with a good power and …
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This year I had the opportunity to taste some 2011s and 2012 from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair at a tasting the day after the Trilogie en Cote de Nuits. The tasting program comprised of some of the 2011s not presented at the Trilogie, and some of the 2012 wines - including the white from the new …
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The Richebourg 2000 from Anne Gros is now wonderfully matured and showing the virtues of both the Richebourg vineyard and the 2000 vintage. The bouquet is crammed with Vosne spices and stony minerality - very expressive with a lovely sweet and charming fruit. The palate offer intense midpalate …
I have recently worked on some articles about the great terroirs - starting with …
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The Romanee-Conti 2011 is a zen like statement for the 2011 vintage. The bouquet offer deep and intense quite dark pinot fruit, with notes of rose petals, cinnamon and violets. It's currently quite discrete - but very intense with a filigree complexity of airy transparent fruit. The palate show very …
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