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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Moving just down slope to Les Cruots we find the terroir of the Georges Noëllat Echezeaux. The nose offers a very floral expression of fruit and minerality - notes of raspberries, pomegranate and boysenberries - layered and complex with an intense filigree minerality. On the palate more tight and …
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The Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux-Monts is a step up in quality from the other 1er crus. In the bouquet rich red and dark fruit .. notes of raspberries, red cherries and boysenberries ... supported by a quite intense minerality and a healthy dose of oak. On the palate more weighty and slightly more …
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Ok admitted ... I love NSG Aux Cras as a terroir - so biased. The Aux Cras is made from a plot with very old vines - 75 - 80 y.o. yielding a gorgeous juice in 2014. In the bouquet variations of sweet red and dark berries ... cherries, raspberries and pomegranate - spiced with hints of game and an …
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I always feel sorry for the Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Boudots - not easy to impress after the Les Petits Monts. That being said the 2014 edition of Boudots is actually giving the Petits Monts a run for the money. In the bouquet darker and more weighty fruit - notes of cherries, raspberries - hints of …
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The Vosne Petits Monts is a decadent wine ... The nose is bursting with juicy and cool red and dark fruits ... a notch more airy than the Chaumes offering a finely tuned filigree minerality. On the palate deep layered fruit - slightly darker set than the Chaumes - with a lovely inner tension and …
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