Winehog - with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Great to be back at Domaine Jean-Marc Millot with Alix Millot taking a stronger and more prominent role at the estate - and clearly getting the room and freedom to make changes and improvements. The 2017s here are as expected lovely and brimming with pinot pleasure ... a notch up in quality …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean-Marc Millot, Tasting of the 2017s from cask
Rising star, rising this and rising that ..!!.. as a wine journalist one have to find new estates as new stars and rising talents all the time. This is the way the trade works - but in fact we sometimes tend to forget the less flamboyant producers, who are producing excellent wines year after …
[Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean-Marc Millot, Tasting of the 2016s from cask
Domaine Jean-Marc Millot is a Burgundian delight .. yet somehow I tend to forget and neglect these lovely wines - this must stop now! - these wines with such a joyful drinkability deserves a place in most collectors cellar. I always love to visit new estates - and while I know the wines from …
[Read more...] about Visit Jean-Marc Millot, Tasting of the 2015s from cask
Normally when I make Terroir Insights its the famous vineyards and often the classified terroirs. This is however not the case this week as I now head to Comblanchien just south of the Premeaux/Nuits-Saint-George appellation. I have ... rarely ... tasted wines from Comblanchien - or should I say …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Jean Marc Millot Côte de Nuits Village
The Clos de Vougeot 2014 from Jean-Marc Millot is a delightful glass. The nose is bursting with red fruits - delicate and expressive with an underlying earthy minerality. On the palate very fresh and juicy for a Clos de Vougeot - fine acidity - very pure and transparent. This is not a big and dense …
