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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
One of the new special cuvées in Burgundy is the Echezeaux "Cuvée 1949" made by Alix Millot of Domaine Jean-Marc Millot. It's a special cuvée made from the Echezeaux vineyard - or more precisely from the Echezeaux Dessus section - from a plot with very old wines. Lets take a closer look at …
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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 …
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