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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambolle village has a wonderful bouquet of red fruits and minerality. On the palate very good minarality, and a light to medium body. Fine red and very juicy coulis fruit - a pleasure. This is classic Burgundy, ripe fruit balanced by very good acidity and a fine minerality. Closing down now …
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Georges Roumier Les Gras 2000 (89p), a fine mature Burgundy. Not a big wine, but very tasty as a mature Roumier almost always is. Pronounced sweet tones, forest, truffle ... so many good things in the complex Bouquet. Roumier very nice when they reach a certain level of maturity. Very good. (now - …
Georges Roumier, Bonnes Mares 2007 (93p) was relatively closed, but still tasted good. A very fine wine, with even greater potential, and maybe it deserves a better rating .... but it really need more time. Very fine. (2018 - 2030) - 93p …
My aim with the Winehog is unchanged, but I have for some time wanted a stronger focus on the hedonistic pleasure and simple enjoyment of drinking Burgundies. I have therefore adjusted my mission statement: "My mission is to help readers find more joy and hedonistic pleasure in Burgundy wines; to …
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