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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Lavieres offer a slightly darker side of the Liger-Belair lineup. In the nose lovely red and dark berry fruit spiced with a nice earthy minerality and a healthy dose of new oak. The palate offers quite weighty fruit - seems a bit darker than in the previous vintages - very …
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The Vosne Romanee Village - slightly reduced - offer a lovely spicy nose - red and dark berry fruit spiced with violets, pepper and cinnamon. The palate show lovely weighty fruit - good complexity - fine midpalate concentration for this level. The finish is surprisingly focused thanks to the vibrant …
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Only the second vintage of this white for Louis-Michel - from the recently acquired vineyard Clos des Grandes Vignes in the southern Nuits-Saint-Georges. The wines were re-grafted with Chardonnay in 2010 - so this is a fairly new vineyard for the whites. Around 40% new oak is used. The bouquet is …
The Vosne Romanee Clos du Chateau is showing brilliantly. On the nose fine and delicate red fruit .. organic and offering the full range of Vosne spices. On the palate open with a lovely expressive red fruit, intense for a village with very fine length and complexity. A gorgeous and big village ... …
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The Vosne-Romanee Clos du Chateau 2012 from Liger-Belair is a magnificent glass of Vosne The bouquet is very open and expressive .. lovely red berry fruit graced with an explosion of Vosne spices - violets, cinnamon and all spice rounded by a fine impression of oak. On the palate delicate and …
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