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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
91-92p Fine Drink from 2022 Tasted 17/10/2022 Emotions: The 2009 La Colombière has settled into its stride, and the oak is now beautifully integrated after being more prominent earlier on. It is a refined wine, and tasted blind the guess was a 1er cru. Tremendous hedonistic joy and …
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Demand for Burgundy wines is tremendous, and the interest in new names is equally great, perhaps even greater. This increases the focus on finding new talents - truly new talents; people who can rock the boat and produce great wines from lesser terroirs and/or make interesting wines from …
One of my favorite Volnays from Thibault Clerget is the 1er Cru Clos du Verseuil, a monopole located on the slope leading up to the Pousse d'Or estate. This was a relatively unknown vineyard (to me at least) until Thibaud took over at Domaine Clerget in 2015. And while the plot is mentioned in …
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Vincent Ledy has evolved quite a bit since my first visit. He is, nonetheless, still the slightly frisky vigneron who will try anything/everything to make better wines. And his is a world of contrasts (see wines below). I love it when adventurous, innovative people attack their work with …
[Read more...] about Visit to Vincent Ledy – Tasting the 2021s
I find it gratifying to promote new, talented people and estates; this is one of the primary functions of the Winehog. To explain this initiative a bit more, while I find the work of young vignerons like Charles Lachaux truly admirable, these well-known producers already have the complete …
[Read more...] about Flavour of the Year: And the Winner is…
