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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Tastings are my inspiration, and my lust for exploring vineyards is often fuelled by these delightful experiences. Sometimes, they are relatively unknown terroirs, but most often, they have just been forgotten ... To say that Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain is overlooked is perhaps what I would call …
[Read more...] about Vineyard Profile: Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain
Travelling and experiencing Burgundy for 20-some years does leave marks, scars and impressions. I've decided to draw on that experience to take a different (for me), yet also well-known, approach to discovering Burgundy's vineyards: I will explore my favourite vineyards of a given appellation - …
[Read more...] about Chassagne-Montrachet – Winehog favourites
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is a special vineyard producing an intriguing wine that occasionally can give Bâtard-Montrachet a run for its money. Yet often it frustrates our high expectations. This is, however, not the case with Domaine Ramonet Bienvenues-Bâtard. Almost every time I've tasted …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Ramonet Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Puligny Montrachet Les Enseignères caught my attention back in the mid-1990s when Coche-Dury acquired a piece of this now-illustrious village vineyard. Les Enseignères is, for non-collectors, a relatively unknown vineyard, located just below Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet. While producing tremendous …
[Read more...] about Puligny Les Enseignères: Just below the grands crus
The 2008 Les Vergers is a beauty .. I adore the 2008 whites. The nose is still vibrant and fresh - but quite some maturing notes - hazelnuts, brioche and a lovely salty minerality. On the palate lovely freshness and focus - good weight and balance - tremendous energy from the vibrant acidity. From a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Ramonet, Chassagne Montrachet Les Vergers 2008
