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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2014 La Romanee is a beautiful wine - showing very well even at this early stage. In the bouquet layers of very delicate red fruit - notes of strawberries, boysenberries, cherries - spiced with violets and peony rose and - presented by a very refined and powerful filigree minerality. On the …
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On my third day of visits in Burgundy I had four tasings ... Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Domaine Hereztyn-Mazzini, Albert Bichot and lastly Domaine Nicolas Faure. The visits confirmed the high quality of the 2015 vintage, but also some indications of the challenges for those who …
Clos du Château is sort of a signature wine for Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. A very expressive Vosne Village made from a vineyard that used to be a part of the park around Château Vosne-Romanee. It's a magnificent village ... one of the very best in my view ... often offering a forward and …
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One of my favorite wines from the Nuits-Saint-Georges is the Aux Cras made by Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. It has all the qualities I look for in a Burgundian wine - it's very enjoyable, it's pure and transparent and first and foremost it offers a lovely expression of the "almost" Vosne …
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The Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes has taken a further step forward quality wise in the 2014 vintage - adding more focus and definition to the wine. In the bouquet - slight reduction - otherwise quite forward offering fresh red and dark berry fruit spiced by a nice earthy minerality. On …
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