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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambolle 1er cru 1999 from Vogue is starting to show the full potential. Lovely complex nose, red and darker berries, sous-bois, mushrooms and a quite intense display of Chambolle terroir. On the palate approchable with a refined and quite rich fruit - very harmonius with a intense and firm …
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The Bonnes Mares 1973 from Comte de Vogue is a great effort in this quite modest vintage. The bouquet is quite expressive with red fruit and sous-bois - spiced with orange zest and a hint of coffee. On the palate quite rich, sweet and round fruit with a nice earthy minerality. It's quite delicious …
The Musigny Vieilles Vignes 1970 from Comte de Vogue is a rare treat and a lovely glass of mature Burgundy. In the nose rich and quite expressive red fruit with notes of sous-bois, tar and a hint of mushrooms. On the palate still quite ample fruit for this age - it's quite juicy and fresh - build on …
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The Chambolle 1er cru 2011 from Vogue is a lovely display of Chambolle minerality. It's made from young vines - below 25 years - on the Musigny grand cru vineyard - and this origin gives a special wine. It has some of the muscular minerality of the Musigny, but lack some off the weight, focus and …
[Read more...] about Comte de Vogue, Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru 2011
The Bonnes Mares 2011 from Vogue is a well balanced effort. In the bouquet fine fruit - notes of blueberries, pomegranate and raspberries - darker than the other Vogue wines - with a deep eathy minerality. On the palate layers of rich almost dense fruit ... perfectly balanced with a fine focus and …
