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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Richebourg 2011 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a expressive firework of Vosne spices and minerality. The bouquet is currently very extrovert with refined cool red and black fruits - notes of violets, allspice and peony rose. The palate offer powerful and muscular fresh fruit - based on a …
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The Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2011 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a refined and classic RSV. The nose is currently quite floral, and offer lovely crisp red berry fruit - elegant, energetic and very pure. The palate offer lovely purity and focus - very refined with it's transparent medium weight …
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One rarely have the chance to compare four of the very best wines from the Echezeaux vineyard. This was however the case earlier this week, where the Echezeaux 2007s from Grivot, Rouget, Liger-Belair and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti were served in one flght at a Burgundy tasting. These four …
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The Echezeaux 2007 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a lovely ballerina. The bouquet starts out as quite expressive with red berry fruit - quite perfumed notes of strawberries and raspberries - combined with some hints of mint/fennel and a earthy minerality. On the palate quite lightfooted with …
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In my first article about the Romanee-Saint-Vivant we uncovered the history of the vineyard ending up with a list of the curent owners of RSV - see the first article about Romanee-Saint-Vivant here. This article is about the wines made from Romanee-Saint-Vivant. First a short aromatic profile of …
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