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The Vosne-Romanée Les Beauxmonts 2017 from Verdet is a rather concentrated and quite intense wine for the vintage. Quite some tannins indicating a style that will require some time to resolve and unfold. Fine cherry notes - amaretto cherries - quite spicy and with a nice terroir expression. …
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Domaine Jean-Marc Millot is a Burgundian delight; it is always a treat to visit this estate to taste the new vintage. This was equally the case for the 2018 vintage here, as Millot has caught the 2018s on the cool side, meaning that most of the wines here show predominantly red fruit, although with …
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Domaine d'Eugenie is a iconic producer in more than one sense. Firstly, Domaine d'Eugenie is made up in part of the iconic vineyards from the old Rene Engel estate in Vosne-Romanée. Secondly, Domaine d'Eugenie is the creation of Francois Pinault, the billionaire who since 2005 has build a new estate …
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This was my first visit to Domaine A.-F. Gros after tasting the wines several times at Vosne Millisime, Trilogie and Grands Jours de Bourgogne. I have not always been excited by the style here, but with a new team in place, I have heard much positive feedback on the wines that I simply had to go …
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The Vosne-Romanee La Combe Brulee 2012 is still fairly closed with a quite tense and tight nose of elderberries. In a sense classic Bruno Clavelier - it's simply just too early and still one can feel a lovely potential. I'm sure this wine will unfold beautifully in 5 years or perhaps even less - it …
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