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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Dujac have a special place in my Burgundy heart .... as it was one of the first estates I ever visited in Burgundy. I have followed Dujac in many years and while the quality always has been very high - I think the recent vintages are even a notch better. Photo: Alec Seysses pondering the …
[Read more...] about Visit – tasting of the 2013s from Domaine Dujac
One of the highlights on my November 2014 tour de Bourgogne was my very first visit at Domaine Cathiard. I have seen the wines from this Domaine improve tremendously over the years - a development that was accentuated when Sebastian Cathiard took over in 2011. Both the 2011s and the 2012s are …
[Read more...] about Visit at Domaine Cathiard – tasting of the 2013 vintage
One rarely see a producer in Burgundy making two different wines from the same vineyard, unless it's a declassification of young and younger wines. Etienne de Montille has however decided to make two cuvees from Vosne-Romanee Aux-Malconsorts - one regular cuvee made from two plots inside Malconsorts …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine de Montille Malconsorts Cuvee Christiane
The Malconsorts 2011 from Cathiard is a magnificent wine for the vintage. The nose is crammed with expressive red and darkberry fruit - notes of dark cherries, plum and red currant - spiced with violets and a touch of oak. On the palate rich openly knit fruit ... airy with a lovely midpalate weight. …
[Read more...] about Domaine Cathiard, Vosne Aux Malconsorts 2011
The Vosne Malconsorts cuvee Christiane from de Montille is a refined and delicate wine. The nose is quite expressive with notes of red fruit, spiced with notes of rose petals, soy, asian spices and a filigree earthy minerality. On the palate medium weight with layers of red fruit ... its not a big …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Montille, Vosne Aux Malconsorts – Christiane 2008
