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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Rising star, rising this and rising that ..!!.. as a wine journalist one have to find new estates as new stars and rising talents all the time. This is the way the trade works - but in fact we sometimes tend to forget the less flamboyant producers, who are producing excellent wines year after …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean-Marc Millot, Tasting of the 2016s from cask
I was very impressed when I tasted the 2015s from Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in January 2017. I was therefor eager to get back to taste the 2016s to see if Charles Lachaux has progressed further. At my last visit Charles Lachaux eagerly began to explain about the changes they have made at the estate …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, tasting of the 2016s
The Arnoux-Lachaux plot on Les Suchots is located in the top part - the supposedly best half of the vineyard - and at the very top on the border to Echezeaux Les Cruots and just below Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts. This is a signature wine for this estate but can not match the cool and vibrant …
[Read more...] about Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots 2015
My March 2017 trip to Burgundy included a lovely visit to Domaine Hudelot-Noellat in Vougeot. I have follow these wines over the years but actually not visited the estate. Charles Van Canneyt of Domaine Hudelot-Noellat We were received by Charles Van Canneyt and had the opportunity to taste …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Hudelot-Noellat – tasting of the 2015s
The 2015 vintage was a hot vintage - and a dry vintage during the summer, and even though rain came in August some vineyards and especially younger vines seem to have suffered from lack of water. Some vines apparently got stressed by the lack of water during the summer, while other …
[Read more...] about Insight 2015 – avoid the effects of water stress
