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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Richebourg 2004 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a quite floral and matured wine. In the bouquet lovely red fruit with notes of sous-bois and peony rose - hints of orange and violets. On the palate quite intense openly knit fruit with a lovely minerality - expressive with a good power and …
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The 2002 La Tâche is forward and quite matured. The nose offer complex notes of red and dark berries - raspberries, dark cherries, plum, violets ... brought forward by a filigree eathy minerality. On the palate rich medium weight (for a La Tâche), it's refined and detailed with a cool and airy …
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The 1993 Echezeaux from DRC is now entering a matured stage. The nose offer fine red and dark berry fruit - good minerality and a lovely spicyness - a bit dusty and herbal. On the palate fine concentration and length ... a fine to very fine effort .. not the most defined or refined Echezeaux tasted …
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I first tasted the La Tâche 1990 some 20 years back, and to date it's the greatest red Burgundy I have tasted. To revisit this wine is not only a test of the wine but also a test of time and my palate. The La Tâche 1990 is still a both monumental and truly extraordinary wine - still in it's late …
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The most iconic white wine from Burgundy is the Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. The combination of the most prestigious estate and the finest white wine terroir in the world is a quite unique combination. DRC only produced red wine until they acquired the first plot on Montrachet in …
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