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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I'm back at Domaine Georges Noëllat to taste the 2020s now that malolactic fermentation is finished. After Maxime Cheurlin decided to cool down his cellars, the elevage is quite a bit slower. Tasting the wines during the summer following the harvest is now a bit premature, as the malolactic …
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Beaumonts, Beaux Monts, Beauxmonts - whatever the spelling, the name means delightful pinot with many variations. One of the very best Beaux Monts is from Maxime Cheurlin of Domaine Georges Noëllat. It is a complex and delightful wine that challenges the best from this fine terroir. Domaine …
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Domaine Grivot has been highly consistent in its quality over the last five years, if not even longer. The wines here are predictable in a good way, meaning that high expectations for the 2020s were in order. The vintage, with its excellent acidity, good concentration, and structure, should work …
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Vosne-Romanée is brimming with new names and talents. OK, that's perhaps a bit on the overly-enthusiastic-journalist side, but new talents and domaines are actually turning up at a regular pace. This is good in a quiet place like Vosne. Edouard Confuron (a part of the Confuron family) comes …
There are still new - and even old - estates to be discovered in Burgundy's storied villages, domaines that have eluded me or haven't forced their way into my usually pressed time schedule. I have, however, heard from different sources that in recent years things have gotten much better at the …
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