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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Burgundy is full of surprises and unknown gems ... and while I think I know the Nuits-Saint-Georges area I must admit that a 30 ha estate just a few km from my home can slip by. LE DOMAINE DE MONTMAIN in Villars-Fontaine Villars-Fontaine The village Villars-Fontaine is up and above on the …
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Beyond elusive ... not even in my dreams. The red grands crus of Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay are both very rare and very costly, but the whites are even further away from the snout of the Winehog. Both the Chevalier-Montrachet and the Batard-Montrachet are in what I would call a league of …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy Corton-Charlemagne
Two words - Rousseau and Chambertin - expectations are building up, great wine ahead. While Domaine Armand Rousseau is a legendary estate in Burgundy, the history of the family holdings on Chambertin is rather limited seen in a Burgundian timeframe, as the ownership dates back to the early …
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Chambertin Clos de Bèze is a large vineyard with some prominent yet somehow a bit under the radar wines from otherwise known producers. One such is Domaine Prieure-Roch in Premeaux - created by late Henri Frédéric Roch who sadly passed away in November 2018. To avid Burgundy collectors this name …
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Trapet and Chambertin - two words that for 100 years have been closely linked together by the Trapet family's important ownership of vines in this mighty grand cru. Arthur Trapet decided to buy his first plot of Chambertin in May 1919, and this holding was later expanded to become the …
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