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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The luxury of tasting wines from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a rare pleasure that one is lucky to indulge from time to time. I could say that the wines have become tremendously expensive, and I would be right. But they were always expensive, so this is really beyond the point. In some …
[Read more...] about The DRC Richebourg 2010 and a contrasting RSV
Thibault Liger-Belair is a vigneron I have followed since 2004 - his third vintage, I think. While the wines were good - it took quite many years before the wines began to give me a great hedonistic thrill. In recent years I have wondered more and more about the work Thibault is doing and the …
[Read more...] about Visit to Thibault Liger-Belair – tasting the 2019s
Albert Bichot and its top brand, Clos Frantin, are large portfolios, and regardless of the restraint shown by Philippe de Marcilly (Bichot's commercial director), its tastings always go beyond 30 wines - more than I can integrate into one article. I will therefore break them up, starting out …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine du Clos Frantin – Tasting the 2019s from cask
Sometimes we journalists promote stories and hypotheses regarding wines and producers - about slipping quality or changes in style, new stars and other "sensations" - just to be remotely interesting. This is of course a part of the job. However, sometimes one is forced to simply lean back and …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Anne Gros – tasting the 2019s
Saturday April 24 I took a Brompton ride in the vineyards to see how bud break is progressing. It's a bit early, but in some plots, things are beginning to move - depending on the frost damage. I can understand why assessing the frost damage is close to impossible at this point. It will take …
[Read more...] about From Romanee-Conti to Vougeot in the vines
