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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Back where it all started five years ago - tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. The Winehog blog was conceptualized during a tasting at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in July 2011 - a tasting that also had the partizipation of Clive Coates and Roy Richards of Richards Wallford. It was a very …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – tasting of the 2015 vintage
I have followed Domaine Grivot over the last 10 to 15 years and been very impressed by the progress since 2007. The quality has improved significantly every year, and the style has changed to a more refined and terroir driven expression of pinot. The 2014s were magnificent, and I was therefore …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Grivot – initial impressions of the 2015s
Aux Brulées is pretty fragmented and the production of some of the fine wines made from this lovely 1er cru is sadly very limited indeed. One of the rarest birds is the Aux Brulées from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. Firstly the production is very limited, secondly and more importantly the …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Aux Brulées
Most of the wines from Domaine Leroy are rare and elusive and one of the smallest cuvées is the Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulées made from a few tiny plots located on the border to the Leroy holdings in Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux Monts. The border to the Leroy holdings in Beaux-Monts is in fact almost …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulées
The Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulées is one of my favorite wines form Domaine Meo-Camuzet. I recently tasted the 2007 and it was still youthful but just so delicate, defined and delisious ... So this inspired me to take a closer look at Aux Brulées starting with the Meo-Camuzet plots. So let's go to …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Meo-Camuzet Aux Brulées
