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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The NSG Lavieres 2012 is quite expressive but showing a slight reduction. In the nose lovely red berry fruit spiced with a nice minerality and oak - hints of coffee. On the palate it offers quite weighty fruit - good concentration for this level - very juicy and with a good focusing minerality. A …
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The Echezeaux 2011 from Liger-Belair is a lovely effort. Made from old vines in the very good climates Cruots and Champs Traversin.The nose is offering delicate red berry fruit with a lovely Vosne spicyness - notes of peppar, violets and peony rose. On the palate layers of fruit and mineralic …
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The Colombiere 2011 is showing well from bottle. The nose is offering pure red berry fruit with a lovely Vosne spicyness - notes of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely quite silky and very harmonious fruit - with a nice tension from the underlying minerality. It's very focused for a village …
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The Clos du Chateau 2011 is a quite adorable Vosne village. The nose is offering delicate red berry fruit with loads of stony minerality and Vosne spices - hints of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely harmonious fruit - refined and focused for this level - and all is focused by the …
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La Romanee 2011 is a very impressive and gorgeous expression of Vosne terroir. The bouquet is intense and refined with cool red berry fruit - complex spicy aromas with notes of violets, pomegranate and rose petals - and last but least layers of filligree mineralty. On the palate intense …
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