Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
This week I attended a tasting of red Corton; a rare thing, in Denmark at least. The tasting included 10 Cortons from five producers, all top-flight amongst the panoply of Corton producers. The purpose was to learn: learn about different parts of the Corton vineyards, learn about the …
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The Danish Burgundy importer Vinrosen offer a large range of fine Burgundy wines - and their annual vintage tasting is therefore a great opportunity to visit a vintage - or should I say re-visit ,, and taste the wines from bottle. Impressions red 2015s The reds 2015s are showing their best and …
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The 2015s from Camille Giroud are lovely - made by David Croix before he left the house. The Bourgogne Rouge 2015 is fresh and vibrant offering lovely fruit and energy. In the nose cool and expressive fruit - variations of cherries - and even a slight mineral touch. On the palate vivid, nicely …
The Vosne-Romanée 2014 village from Camille Giroud is quite a bargain. It's from a vineyard located north of the village on the border to Flagey-Echezeaux and near the road. The nose is forward with a lovely juicy fruit - oak well integrated and very Vosne like - offering nice spices - violets and a …
[Read more...] about Camille Giroud, Vosne-Romanée Les Chalandins 2014
Maison Camille Giroud is one of the best adresses for affordable wines of high quality. This is mainly due to the talented winemaker and manager David Croix, who has taken Camille Giroud from traditional old school Burgundies to classic contemporary Burgundies within his 15 years as head of the wine …
[Read more...] about Visit Maison Camille Giroud, tasting of the 2015 vintage from cask
