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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2014 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes is a true beauty. The bouquet offer gorgeous red fruit - sweet and deep with a lovely depth and a fine Vosne spicyness. On the palate rich, very juicy with a quite weighty mid-palate fruit for a Pacalet 1er cru. It's very pure and harmonious with a nice focus ... …
[Read more...] about Philippe Pacalet, Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes 2014
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
The first impressions I get from the new vintage is often a extensive tasting at Maison Philippe Pacalet. The wines from Pacalet is perfect for this purpose as the finish malolactic fermentation very early and even more important they have a very pure and clear expression of the vintage and the …
[Read more...] about Visit Philippe Pacalet, tasting of the 2015 red 1er crus
A wine from the best view in Vosne ... or to be more precise from the plot located just above and next to the garden of Domaine George Noëllat ... overlooking La Tache. This is one of the best location on Les Chaumes and that is indeed showing in this wine. The 2014 Les Chaumes is gorgeously floral …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes 2014
Domaine Georges Noëllat has within a few years moved from the dark and unknown to a rising bright star on the Burgundy heaven. Maxime Cheurlin is in my view an unique talent ... a natural .. with an intuitive ability for making great Burgundies. Within a few years he has managed to improve quality …
[Read more...] about Visit – Domaine Georges Noëllat tasting of the 2014s from Cask
