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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Romanee Saint-Vivant is refinement and delicacy personified ... or is it pinotified? This is one of the most refined and delicate red 2014s I have tasted ... despite its considerable intensity and concentration. The nose is offering layers of pure and transparent cool red fruit ... beautifully …
[Read more...] about Domaine Cathiard, Romanee Saint-Vivant 2014
One of the highlights on my November 2015 tour de Bourgogne was the visit at Domaine Cathiard. Domaine Cathiard is one of my favorite producers in Burgundy ... and while wines have been good for quite some years ... the quality has accelerated after Sebastien Cathiard took over with the 2011 …
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Domaine Poisot is a quite "new" domaine run by the former navy captain Remi Poisot, who is now making wine from a fine portfolio of family vineyards. This was my second vist here, in the dark and very cold cellars under the beautiful Chateau Corton Grancy. Remi began making wines before the …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Poisot – tasting of 2013 and 2014 vintage
The Romanee Saint-Vivant is a magnificent wine .. classy, sensual and refined. In the bouquet multiple layers of red and darker fruits infused with a explosion of Vosne spices. On the palate layers of juicy and sikly fruit, intense with a zen like balance and effortlessness. The complexity is …
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There are few wines in Burgundy as prestigious as the Grand Crus from Domaine Leroy - they are rare, expensive and often magnificently good. As always the Grand Crus of Vosne are getting much of the attention .. and many speak very enthusiastically about the Romanee Saint-Vivant from Leroy as …
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