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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Grands Echezeaux is a true delight. In the bouquet layered red and dark fruits ... lovely depth and generosity offering a delicate play between sweet red fruits and darker more vibrant notes ... all brought forward by a deep elegant earthy minerality. This is a textbook Grands Echezeaux with a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Grands Echezeaux 2014
Domaine Georges Noëllat is one of my favourite estates these days - and it seems like Maxime Cheurlin is improving year after year. Wines are getting more detailed and the integration of the oak has improved over the years and is now seamless. Maxime and his neighbour Sebastien Cathiard are …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Georges Noëllat – tasting of the 2016s from Cask
Friday morning sitting in the car enjoying the view over La Tâche on this cold morning - pondering the impressions from the Wednesdays and Thursdays tastings. More 2016s ahead today with a prominent Vosne estate first at 10 - and still thinking about Thursday tastings in Vosne-Romanée. A lot of …
[Read more...] about Impressions from Domaines Georges Noëllat and Berthaut-Gerbet
After running through my tasting notes from my June 2017 trip I have updated my impressions on the 2016 red Burgundies. Thibaud Clerget of Domaine Y. Clerget. I will update these impressions as I taste more 2016s over the next year, and add more insights ass I find them. Red Burgundies …
[Read more...] about The red 2016s – Impressions and first insights
While I like a lot of generic Burgundies I rarely taste a refined example - like the 2014 from Domaine Georges Noëllat. It's pure, cool, juicy and vibrant. The nose is brimming with cool red and darkish fruit - variations of cherries whith some hints of sweeter red fruit notes and some crushed …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Bourgogne 2014
