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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Auxey-Duresses Clos du Moulin aux Moines from Clos du Moulin Aux Moines is just starting to unfold. The bouquet give hints of hazelnuts and while the minerality is staying playfully in the background. Nose offering energetic but tight fruit with notes of white and yellow orchard fruits. On the …
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The 2016 Bouzeron from Domaine Cruchandeau is a serious wine - like many other 2016s. It's bone dry and driven by a strong mineral note ... crisp and fresh .. and for me a lovely companion to oysters. It's pure, with a lovely intense acidity ... the fruit is on the cool side. (Drink From 2019) …
Domaine Cruchandeau, Puligny-Montrachet Hameau de Blagny 2016 - from the top 1er cru vineyard of the Blagny area. It's a serious wine that need some air and time. While it's a Puligny it's clearly dominated by the Blagny character - powerful acidity and a strong mineralty. A classic wine with very …
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One of my favourite 1er crus of Burgundy is the Aux Reignots made by Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, a tremendous wines of a very high quality. Louis-Michel Liger-Belair controls 45% of the Aux Reignots vineyard, that extends just above his prestigious monopole La Romanee - and his quest for …
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Visiting Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is a treat and the 2017s are showing fine form here, as expected I could add. Hudelot-Noëllat seem to improve each year, and is certainly moving into the major league, with lovely quality supplementing the lovely collection of vineyards. Charles Van Canneyt has …
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