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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
After running through my tasting notes from my June 2017 trip I have updated my impressions on the 2016 red Burgundies. Thibaud Clerget of Domaine Y. Clerget. I will update these impressions as I taste more 2016s over the next year, and add more insights ass I find them. Red Burgundies …
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Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses is the delight of Burgundy ... filigree, sensual, cool and refined. The female pendant to Musigny with the same type of regal minerality - yet more delicate and lightfooted - without the sheer power and depth of the mighty Musigny. By heart it's a 1er cru - and …
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During my March 2017 trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to visit Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé to taste the 2016 vintage from cask. I know the Vogüé wines very well, and they have been amongst my benchmark wines for 15 years .. i.e. the wines I like to taste every year to evaluate the …
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The 2013 Chambolle Musigny 1er fru from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is a treat although still very young. I must say I'm delighted to see how the very best 2013 evolve offering pure and juicy fruit. This is also the case with the Chambolle 1er cru from Vogüé ... on this fruit day - an explosion …
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Making wine in Burgundy is not work for the impatient ... replanting a vineyard is easily a 25 years project from uprooting of the vines to the first vintage made from the new vines. This has been the case for the Musigny Blanc from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé. The replanting began in 1986 and …
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