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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts is a delightful vineyard, and as global warming progresses it seems like vineyards like Petits Monts improve and perhaps produce even more delicate and intense wines. One of the largest owners of Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet who now have …
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Domaine Georges Noëllat is one of my favourite estates these days - and it seems like Maxime Cheurlin is improving year after year. Wines are getting more detailed and the integration of the oak has improved over the years and is now seamless. The 2017s at Domaine Georges Noëllat is showing …
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The 2015 Georges Noellat Petits-Monts is open and forward, yet still very youthful and also relatively powerful to be honest. The nose is intense with red and dark fruits - hints of Vosne spices - and starting out with a relatively sweet fruit. After some time in the glass the sweet fruit tones down …
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Finally a return to Domaine Robert Sirugue in Vosne-Romanee to taste a new vintage from this fine but still slightly overlooked estate. I was at Sirugue almost 4 years ago to taste the 2013s - so quite some time to say the least, and I was therefore really looking forward to taste the Sirugue …
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Re-taste of the 2016s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair ... a delightful occupation. I first tasted the 2016s in June 2017, and while most of the wines showed well on that occasion, the extra six months of elevage have defined, detailed and clarified the picture of the wines. No doubt …
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