Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
“Taille tot, taille tard, rien ne vaut la taille de mars” is an old saying (Prune early or prune late, nothing’s as good as pruning in March)!. We now have March 3rd, and both DRC, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, and not surprisingly Domaine Leroy still have the top vineyards left …
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To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. Comments and thoughts The list contains producers that regularly score an emotional rating, and they are ranked in three levels. I hope this proves useful; …
[Read more...] about Vins d’Emotion from Vosne-Romanée and Flagey-Echezeaux (update)
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
Tasting old bottles - 50-year-old wines - is something of a lottery. Nevertheless, the expectations were very high this week when I tasted a Romanée-Conti 1966. Let's be honest: It was not in top form. Dead to be precise, with very strong oxidised notes and some oxidised fruit aromas. No pleasure …
[Read more...] about Hope for an old Romanée-Conti, and a delightful Dujac 1976
The likely last sale of a Romanée-Conti 1945 was in 2011, when Christies sold a bottle in Geneva on 17 May at a price of 109350 CHF. Compared to this weekends sale the 111000 USD in 2011 does look rather pale. The 558000 USD is just a notch more the 5 times the price achieved in Geneva. I …
