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November tradition - tasting with Sebastien Cathiard at Domaine Cathiard in Vosne-Romanée... this year, vintage 2024. Sebastien is showing a limited lineup as the low yields prevent the production of two cuveés (Thorey and Murgers) and the serving of others - there is so little wine in …
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Alix Millot have made some good 2024s ... good for the vintage and for the appellation. As always with the 2024s they are not amongst the most powerful wines in history, but when well made - like the Millot wines - they can produce quite some hedonistic happiness. There are limits ... and follow …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair ... a new vintage ... the 14th since I began visiting Louis-Michel and his fabulous estate in 2012. The 2024 is the smallest vintage in Domaine history (corrected for expansions of the vineyard portfolio) - only 20% of the normal production - in a year with loads of …
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Vosne-Romanée is brimming with new names and talents. OK, that's perhaps a bit on the overly-enthusiastic-journalist side, but new talents and domaines are actually turning up at a regular pace. This is good in a quiet place like Vosne. One is Confuron-Gindre, where the son, Edouard Confuron, is …
Domaine Grivot is normally quite predictable and constant with the same wines showing strong form year after year. 2023 is however somewhat different, as some of the other cuvées are showing very well ... giving some surprises. As always, Mathilde Grivot presents the wines in an efficient …
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