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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2021 vintage was difficult and problematic for the Labet family, with significant frost damage in the Côte de Beaune vineyards reducing production and the number of cuvees made. The family's core holding, in the Clos de Vougeot, was also hit, but still produced two out of three cuvees, plus a …
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Just around the corner from Nuits-Saint-Georges is Comblanchien, a village on RD974 between Nuits and Beaune. And in Comblanchien we find the estate of Etiennne Julien. Let's go taste! For more information on the Julien estate, check this previous tasting article: The 2021s from Domaine …
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What a line-up of visits over the last few weeks to taste the 2021s: Cathiard, DRC, Liger-Belair, Mugneret-Gibourg, and now Cécile Tremblay. Despite 2021 being a difficult vintage, most of the producers I have visited have produced exciting, vivid, and elegant wines. This just goes to confirm …
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These are exciting times at Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, with its new guest rooms in La Maison de Jacqueline opening this fall. Vosne-Romanée is suddenly brimming with tempting offers. This time, it's Lucie Teillaud-Mugneret accompanying my visit for tasting the 2021s. Lucie is the daughter of …
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The Winehog's first decade began at this fine estate at a memorable tasting with some of the great wine personalities of the time: Roy Richards, wine merchant extraordinaire; and the great and sadly now late Clive Coates - at the time perhaps past his peak, but still an influential writer. …
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