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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Fixin was highly regarded by Lavalle and other classifications made more than 100 years ago, but today this northern appellation gets little attention from the collectors of great Burgundies. The Fixin wines have often been accused of being austere, hard and edgy ... sometimes justifiable so ... …
[Read more...] about Visit – Domaine Berthaut in Fixin .. now with vineyards in Vosne!
The Clos du Chateau 2007 from Liger-Belair is a outgoing and quite organic wine. In the bouquet expressive red fruit .. quite floral with a magnificent display of Vosne spices and minerality. On the palate pure and organic fruit .. intense yet lightfooted with a fine focusing acidity. It take some …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Clos du Chateau 2007
The 2002 Cros Parantoux from Emmanuel Rouget is quite a step up from his otherwise delicious Echezeaux 2002. The bouquet is crammed with layers of predominantly red fruit - spiced with complex variations of Vosne spices and a quite earthy minerality. On the palate layers of velvet fruit ... deep, …
[Read more...] about Emmanuel Rouget, Vosne-Romanee Cros Parantoux 2002
The Vosne-Petits-Motnts 2013 is a delightful effort .... combining the rather powerful expression of the vintage and the filigree refinement of the Petits-Monts terroir. In the bouquet juicy red and darkberry fruit ... brought forward by an expressive and filigree minerality. On the palate quite …
[Read more...] about Domaine Robert Sirugue, Vosne-Romanee Les Petits-Monts 2013
The Vosne-Romanee Vieilles Vignes is a step up in quality and concentration. It's made from a village plot on the Flagey side of Vosne just south of the Clos de Vougeot wall - in the climate Les Violettes. In the bouquet more intense and defined fruit with a lovely filigree slightly earthy …
[Read more...] about Domaine Robert Sirugue, Vosne-Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2013
