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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I rarely taste the wines of Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron these days - and while I have never been blown away by wines from this estate - Winehogs do not take off by a slight gust of wind or a mere breeze of quality - I have however had some quite nice wines from this estate over the years. …
[Read more...] about Domaine J.-J. Confuron, Chambolle-Musigny 2012
The 2001 Romanee Saint Vivant from Confuron was a big and quite austere wine. The nose was rather closed at first but then started to show some red fruits, cherries and a slight hint of mocca. On the palate good concentration and length, a fine minerality and terroir expression. Aromas of red fruits …
[Read more...] about J.-J. Confuron, Romanee Saint Vivant 2001
The Boudots 2007 from Confuron was sligtly closed. The bouquet had red fruits with cherry and raspberries. The palate was quite accessible showing nice ripe red fruit. Not showing a lot of complexity but a quite elegant wine. While this was a very nice wine, I feel something is missing - first of …
[Read more...] about J.-J. Confuron, Nuit St. Georges Aux Boudots 2007
The Clos de Vougeot 2004 from Confuron was open and ready to enjoy. In the bouquet red fruits - raspberries and strawberries, and some notes of green pepper (found in many 2004s). On the palate also open and accessible, with sweet matured fruit. Like many 2004s slightly onedimensional in the fruit. …
Very open and sweet in the bouquet - quite mature Burgundy nose. On the palate also sweet notes with fine coulis flavors. A slight green tone can be detected, if one is really picky, but otherwise very pleasent. Very charming and soft for a 2004, but is lacking some weight and lenght. A very good …
[Read more...] about Jean-Jacques Confuron, Nuit-Saint-Georges Les Chabaeufs 2004
