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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2008 from Arnoux-Lachaux is getting more and more detailed and balanced. The nose is quite expressive offering variations of red and dark fruits - cherries, raspberries and hints of blueberries - spiced with peony rose and a nice floral minerality. On the palate refined and …
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I was very impressed when I tasted the 2015s from Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in January 2017. I was therefor eager to get back to taste the 2016s to see if Charles Lachaux has progressed further. At my last visit Charles Lachaux eagerly began to explain about the changes they have made at the estate …
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The Romanée Saint-Vivant is a tremendous wine made from a plot in the southern corner just next to the Domaine Cathiard plot. The RSV is a step up in concentration and weight ... and will in the future outrank the delightful Aux Reignots. The bouquet offer layered and detailed red and dark fruit …
[Read more...] about Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, Romanée Saint-Vivant 2015
The Vosne-Romanée Aux Reignots 2015 is a truly magnificent wine - coming from a plot in the bottom of Aux Reignots - just above La Romanée. Charles did some experiments by letting the top of the vines grow and weave them down - just as Domaine Leroy does on most of the vineyards. This seem to have …
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The Arnoux-Lachaux plot on Les Suchots is located in the top part - the supposedly best half of the vineyard - and at the very top on the border to Echezeaux Les Cruots and just below Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts. This is a signature wine for this estate but can not match the cool and vibrant …
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