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The 2010 Vosne-Romanee Colombiere from Liger-Belair is fullfilling the promise it showed from cask. Quite open and accessible in the bouquet with notes of raspberries, red forrest berries and oak - perfumed with hints of peony rose, cinnamon and asian spices. On the palate pure red cool fruit, …
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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair have acquried the Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru monopole Clos des Grandes Vignes from Chateau de Puligny Montrachet. The vineyard was until 2004 a part of Domaine Thomas-Moillard, but was sold along with other fine vineyards to Domaine Dujac and Etienne de Montille. Etienne …
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Time really flies ... and it's now exactly one year since I launched WineHog.org in Juliy 2011. During this year I realized that blogging about fine wine is quite a lot of hard work, but fortunately also very rewarding and a lot of fun.I have tasted a lot of good wines during the first year, and …
The Clos du Chateau 2006 is somewhat closed at the moment. In the nose rather dark fruits, raspberries, dark cherries with hints of oak, allspice and dianthus. On the palate fine rich 2006 fruit, quite loosely knit for a Clos de Chateau. While this is a village wine, it quite intense and …
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La Romanee 2011 is a very intense wine. In the bouquet very intense fruit aromas, with notes of strawberries, cherries, violets and peony rose. On the palate layers of lush and intense fruit balanced by the excellent structure and minerality. The intensity of this wine is at another level than most …
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