Les Aligoteurs is a (sort of) annual event held by the rapidly growing organization with the purpose of promoting aligoté and expanding its acceptance, understanding, and consumption. This is a vivid and lively organization with plenty of members showing the will to work hard and improve. The …
Emmanuel Rouget
Visit to Domaine Emmanuel Rouget – tasting the 2019s
Visiting a legend: This is quite a claim, but a fitting one for a tasting at Domaine Emmanuel Rouget in Flagey-Echezeaux. I arrived on Brompton (very convenient and speedy), and found the discreet Emmanuel Rouget estate in the village - he who lives hidden lives well. By the way, some visits …
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Côte de Nuits Villages with lovely potential
The Côte de Nuits Villages appellation is both overlooked and somewhat vaguely defined, and other appellations have sometimes taken its credit when the labels are printed. But make no mistake, there are very interesting terroirs in Côte de Nuits Villages, terroirs with lovely potential. In recent …
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Odds and ends around Christmas and New Year
I tasted quite a few interesting wines at social gatherings while celebrating Christmas and New Year. Lafon galore .. the good, the ugly Starting out with the whites I tasted three wines from Comte Lafon two 2004s - Les Perrieres and Les Charmes, and one sadly premoxed example of the 2001 …
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Emmanuel Rouget, Vosne-Romanee Beaumonts 2002
Emmanuel Rouget made some spectacular 2002s ... and the Vosne-Romanee Beaumonts is most certainly no exception. The bouquet is bursting with predominantly red fruit - strawberries and pomegranate - spiced with complex variations of Vosne spices and a delicately earthy minerality. On the palate juicy …
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