Winehog - with a passion
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
The Vosne Les Petits Monts seems more fruit driven than usually at this stage. In the quite floral and delightfully perfumed bouquet - loads of delicate sweet red fruit with notes of dark forest berries, hint of pomegranate, allspice and peony rose. On the palate lovely intense fruit - very juicy …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Romanee Les Petit Monts 2014
The Vosne Petits Monts is a decadent wine ... The nose is bursting with juicy and cool red and dark fruits ... a notch more airy than the Chaumes offering a finely tuned filigree minerality. On the palate deep layered fruit - slightly darker set than the Chaumes - with a lovely inner tension and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Vosne Romanee Petits Monts 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
On my November 2015 trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to taste the 2014s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. As usual I entered the gate to Chateau Vosne-Romanee with high expectations and was greeted by a cheerful Louis-Michel Liger-Belair and his very large but lovely dog Arak. Constance …
[Read more...] about Tasting of the 2014s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
