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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumees 2010 is drinking well. The nose offer white and yellow orchard fruits - beginning to show a bit of age, with some more maturing notes. On the palate fresh and ripe fruit - very pure for a 2010 Chassagne with little signs of Botrytis. A lovely wine now .. and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dublere, Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumees 2010
The Chambolle village 2008 is starting to show .. just like many other wines from this acidity driven vintage. The bouquet offer lovely and juicy red fruit and a intense Chambolle minerality - auite open and ready for business. On the palate forward and quite expressive with the energetic 2008 …
The 1999 Griotte Chambertin from Fourrier is a beauty. The nose is bursting with sous-bois, truffle, delicate red forest berries and a filigree earthy minerality - so complex and deep. On the palate quite lightfooted for a 1999 - refined, silky and rich, with layers of airy red fruit. It's quite …
[Read more...] about Domaine Fourrier, Griotte-Chambertin 1999
The Gevrey Champeaux 2013 is a beautiful and generous wine. The nose is offering charming red and dark berry fruit - brought forward by a good mineral note. On the palate quite rich and elegant - with a lovely mid-palate fruit. It's showing beautifully and is both generous and refined for the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Tortochot, Gevrey-Chambertin Champeaux 2013
Finding old Burgundies of high quality and with a good and well documented provenance is getting increasingly difficult. There are however still some large cellars in Beaune - and now you have the chance to buy some very old wines from the deep and mighty cellars of Bouchard Pere et …
[Read more...] about Very old Burgundies on auction in September
