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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Les Suchots is a more serious wine ... although still charming and refined. The Suchots comes from a plot in the bottom of the vineyard located on a small ridge towards Echezeaux. The nose is very spicy offering a wide variety of Vosne spices ... hints of cinnamon, allspice and violets. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Cathiard, Vosne-Romanee les Suchots 2014
One of the highlights on my November 2015 tour de Bourgogne was the visit at Domaine Cathiard. Domaine Cathiard is one of my favorite producers in Burgundy ... and while wines have been good for quite some years ... the quality has accelerated after Sebastien Cathiard took over with the 2011 …
[Read more...] about Visit at Domaine Cathiard – tasting of the 2014 vintage
As I always mention .. Les Suchots is not my favorite wine from Liger-Belair ... but I must say that both the 2012 and 2013 versions are showing very well. In the bouquet a delicate collection of darker berries - quite floral (15% whole cluster) with the oak slightly more present. On the palate …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 2013
Moving up in weight and concentration the Vosne Les Suchots is showing more dark notes than the previous wines and have received 100% new oak. In the nose dark berry fruit - notes of plum, balck currant, boysenberries - infused with a quite earthy minerality. On the palete layers of relatively dark …
[Read more...] about Domaine Cathiard, Vosne-Romanee les Suchots 2013
Vosne-Romanee Les Suchots is a large and quite diverse terroir, with some interesting plots producing lovely wines. Sadly there are also some low points, where more dense and rather poorly focused wines are produced. The Suchots vineyard is very fragmented with 38 plots, covering in total …
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