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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2002 Vosne Aux Brulee is a somewhat disappointing effort - sadly - or somehow flawed. The nose offer fine complexity with nice layered fruit, violets and peony rose but also a strange chocolate note - reminding me of the chocolate drink O'Boy. On the palate fine weight and the fruit is airy and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulee 2002
The Vosne-Romanee appellation is famous for it's old grand cru monopoles - Romanee-Conti and La Romanee. There are however other monopoles in Vosne-Romanee, and while La Tâche and La Grande Rue are prominent monopoles today - they are in fact relatively new as they were formed in the 1930s. There …
[Read more...] about Vineyard Insight: Vosne Romanee Clos des Réas
Back where it all started five years ago - tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. The Winehog blog was conceptualized during a tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in July 2011 - a tasting that also had the partizipation of Clive Coates and Roy Richards of Richards Wallford. It was a very …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – tasting of the 2015 vintage
The 2014 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes is a true beauty. The bouquet offer gorgeous red fruit - sweet and deep with a lovely depth and a fine Vosne spicyness. On the palate rich, very juicy with a quite weighty mid-palate fruit for a Pacalet 1er cru. It's very pure and harmonious with a nice focus ... …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes 2014
Vosne Romanee Aux Reignots is becoming more and more acclaimed as the quality increases - and while good wines were made before 2000 the quality today from several top producers like Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Domaine Grivot and Domaine Cathiard is much higher - and this places Aux Reignots …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Grivot, Vosne-Romanee Aux Reignots
