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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Liger-Belair Aux Reignot is a huge wine - very powerful, with excellent concentration. At the moment not quite showing all the complexity and finesse, but this will develop into an really outstanding wine. Will drink well over the years to come, but will keep for many years. Another great wine from …
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The Romanee Saint-Vivant 2004. A super elegant and complex wine, great length and finesse. A classic expression of both vintage and terroir. This is a very fine wine - classical style Burgundy from the days before global warming. (2015 -) - 93p …
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La Colombiere 2004 is a very good wine. Showed it's best side - delicious crisp and appealing. A classic Vosne Romanee, light to medium body and length, very juicy, fresh and lovely. (2013 - 2020) - 88p …
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Les Chaumes 2004 is one of the lesser Vosne Romanee 1er cru, but from a producer like Liger-Belair, it's still a very good effort. The wine is definitely available and on track to open up. Very elegant and classic Burgundy, clean and with a nice terroir expression, a little less minerality than La …
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The Richebourg 1999 is a very intense and dark wine, with loads and loads of fully mature pinot fruit. It's a very powerfull and direct Burgundy, from the rich 1999 vintage. Tasted against the Richebourg 1999 from Meo Camuzet, it did very well, being bigger, better and more complex - by a fair …
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