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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
On June 17th 2018 an amazing 855 bottles and 209 magnums of Henri Jayer Burgundies were on auction in Geneva. The auction is held by Baghera/Wine and the wines comes directly from the cellar of the former Henri Jayer estate in Vosne-Romanée - as the sellers are the daughters of the legendary Henri …
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Nuits-Saint-Georges is Les Argilliéres or Clos des Argilliéres is a favorite of mine - a 1er cru located in the center of Premeaux at the southern end of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. The by far largest owner of this delightful terroir is Domaine Patrice Rion, and while Patrice and …
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I was really happy to see more wine in the cellar at Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont after the depressingly low yields in 2016 ... Axelle really deserves a break and some success after all the hard work keeping her organic certification. Even more importantly the 2017s here are …
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One of the highlights of my May/June 2018 trip was a tasting at a brand new and exiting estate - Maison and possibly later Domaine Marthe Henry Boillot in Meursault. And when I say brand new - it's as new as an estate can get ... the labels are not yet fully designed or printed for that matter, …
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Lets face it - 2016 is both a great and a terrible year for the Montrachet hill. On the Chassagne side the frost was merciless and most of the havest was destroyed in the April frost, while the Puligny side produced at least some Montrachet, and while the yields were lower - Bouchard Pere et Fils …
