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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
We all have favourites, wines that always - or very often - bring us something special. It is easy to have expensive favourites (aside from the pain of paying for the bottle), but finding moderately priced treats can be more difficult. One of my favourite wines is the Nicolas Faure Aligoté La …
[Read more...] about The Name is Faure, Nicolas Faure – My Favourite Aligoté
When one writes about wine, the scribblings can easily become standard, run-of-the-mill gossip and notes. The re-use of content and text is systemized in this business as much as in others. But sometimes a little more reflection is needed. Let's take the essential question first: Why do I really …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Nicolas Faure – tasting the 2020s from cask
It's good to be back in the Meuilley cellar of Nicolas Faure, in a lovely village with for me a tricky name to spell - Meuilley, Meuilley, Meuilley, Meuilley - in the valley above Nuits-Saint-Georges 😝 On this visit I was with Paul Wasserman and his team, harking back to the first tasting …
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Starting in Nuits-Saint-Georges - Monday 8 am. It's very early not; even time to get a cup of coffee at Place de la Liberation (the lockdown does give this name a new meaning). First out: Moron-Garcia Starting out with 2019s from Moron-Garcia, which are still fresh, vivid blessings. These are …
One of the most impressive white Burgundies I have tasted comes from a very old yet relatively unknown terroir on the backside of the mighty Corton hill. It is of course the splendid Aligote from Nicolas Faure, which comes from ungrafted 100-year-old vines. I tasted the 2014 Aligote the …
[Read more...] about Aligote – Pernand-Vergelesses and behind the hill
