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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
This year Grand Jours de Bourgogne included a Dégustation Prestige of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru ... as it did two years ago. It's a tasting of around 20 wines from the Clos de Vougeot vineyard - this year with the oldest being a 1989 from Domaine Joseph Drouhin and the youngest being a 2008 from …
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The Echezeaux 2011 from Anne Gros is a fine effort for the vintage, and starting to unfold. The nose offer fine fruit - slight hint of green perhaps - oak well integrated - appealing and quite forward. On the palate medium weight with fine length and a nice balance. In the end a lovely wine - …
The Clos Vougeot 2004 from Anne Gros is quite typical for the vintage - with a quite distinct green note in both bouquet and on the palate. I'm not extremely sensitive to this "Christmas influence" but it's nevertheless there and will disturb some tasters. The nose offer nice maturing fruit - hint …
Anne Gros is making some delightful wines, and the top of the range is the mighty Richebourg produced from a plot in the northern section of the vineyard - in the bottom part of the Gros family holdings - see map below where the Anne Gros holdings on Richebourg is marked with a red …
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The Richebourg 1995 from Anne Gros is quite a powerhouse .. and age 20 only just starting to show matured notes. The nose is crammed with darkberry fruit .. cassis, dark cherries, sous-bois and oriental spices. On the palate intense and weighty fruit - earthy and tightly knit with quite a lot of …
