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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Jean-Marc Roulot have made some truly delightful 2014s, they are pure, delicate and vibrant with a rarely seen refinement and filigree detail. It's always a treat to taste the Meursaults from Domaine Roulot, and this year I also had the pleasure of tasting two wines from the new negociant …
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The 2002 Richebourg is showing very well offering fine matured notes. The nose offer complex notes of red berries - raspberries, dark cherries, plum ... spiced with rose petals and a fine stony minerality. On the palate forward and openly knit - less weight than La Tâche - lovely cool mid-palate …
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Chateau de la Tour is the largest owner of Clos de Vougeot with large holdings in the center of this enormous Grand Cru. In normal years Francois Labet makes two cuvees of Clos de Vougeot - the Cuvée Classique and the Cuvée Vieilles Vignes, and in recent vintages a top Cuvée Hommage Jean Morin …
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One of my favorite wines from the Nuits-Saint-Georges is the Aux Cras made by Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. It has all the qualities I look for in a Burgundian wine - it's very enjoyable, it's pure and transparent and first and foremost it offers a lovely expression of the "almost" Vosne …
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My first Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. Expectations were very high allthough I'm not at huge fan of the 2009 vintage. I must say that I was truly impressed by this Montrachet ... tasted side by side with the otherwise outstanding Montrachet 2009 from Lafon. The nose offer expressive …
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