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The 2006 Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées from Jean-Yves Bizot is still surprisingly darkly flavoured and backward. After an hour in the glass, it starts to unfold its usual delightful, energetic, whole-cluster fruit and tantalising Vosne spiciness. Not the most open of Jachées, but the Vosne spiciness …
[Read more...] about Domaine Bizot Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées 2006
A visit to Domaine Bizot is a tremendous treat and a privilege if you like me adore the kind of wines I like to call vin d'émotion. My tasting at Domaine Bizot was therefore particularly interesting, as Jean-Yves Bizot seems to share some of the thoughts behind vins d'émotion. I have for …
I have recently tasted quite a few 2013 red Burgundies, and I must say they have a delightful, vivid appeal. The 2013s are surely not from the greatest of vintages. But they have some singular qualities that at best are uniquely fresh red Burgundies, with a visible and even flamboyant expression …
[Read more...] about The beauty of 2013 reds – Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echezeaux
Jean-Yves Bizot have produced a fine Vosne-Romanée Les Jachees 2006. The bouquet is starting to unfold with organic free fruit, although the dark note of 2006 is still there. On the palate relatively rich, red and dark fruits with the Bizot fruit showing beautifully in the finish. A fine 2006 .. but …
[Read more...] about Domaine Bizot, Vosne Romanee Les Jachees 2006
Domaine Bizot is in my view one of the most exiting estates in Vosne-Romanee. Domaine Bizot is not your average Vosne producer as it's run by Jean-Yves Bizot who has a academic backgound in Geology and this somehow shows in both the wines and the way the Domaine is managed. The wines have a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Bizot – tasting of the 2014 vintage
