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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Beaumonts, Beaux Monts, Beauxmonts - whatever the spelling, the name means delightful pinot with many variations. One of the very best Beaux Monts is from Maxime Cheurlin of Domaine Georges Noëllat. It is a complex and delightful wine that challenges the best from this fine terroir. Domaine …
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The Les Herbues 2017 (amongst friends "the Abuse") is a typical Faure wine: refined and light-footed, with uniquely fine-grained tannins extracted by his old vertical press in Meuilley. The nose is open, and showing medium heat (it was quite a hot year, but not that hot). This is delightful …
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When you have tasted Burgundy wines for 30 years, and have enjoyed vintages from 1929 to 2021, you know that there's a thing you could call "fashion" in Burgundy winemaking, for wont of a better term. It encompasses what is common and popular, and also what is not. One could say that current …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Michel Gros – Tasting the 2020s
I have followed Thibaud Clerget since his start with the 2015 vintage, and have seen a gradual and continual improvement in the quality and precision of his wines. It's always a treat to visit this estate, and it has become a benchmark for me in evaluating the quality of each vintage. With …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Y. Clerget – Tasting the Red 2020s
The 2020 vintage is special, as Frédéric Mugnier explained. It is a hot year, but with fine acidity, vivid freshness, and - in his case, at least - extremely fine phenolic ripeness. The historical principles and understanding of making pinot noir in Burgundy have been challenged when a hot year …
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