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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
In Denmark there have been some discussions about wines low sulphur wines - will they keep or are they somehow fragile and fall apart when they are stored for 5 to 10 years. I must admit that I have rarely seen problems with bottles from my own cellar, but I have heard about problems from other …
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The 2015 Chambolle Musigny village is showing beautifully - focused, detailed and vibrant - with a fine intensity. In some hot vintages (2009 and 2005) some reduction was playing quite a large role in the Pacalet wines - yet in the 2015 vintage the Pacalet wines are standing tall. The nose is …
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The 2014 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes is a true beauty. The bouquet offer gorgeous red fruit - sweet and deep with a lovely depth and a fine Vosne spicyness. On the palate rich, very juicy with a quite weighty mid-palate fruit for a Pacalet 1er cru. It's very pure and harmonious with a nice focus ... …
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The 2014 Chambolle Musigny 1er cru is showing beautifully ... on this flower day. The nose offer delicate red berry fruit .. strawberries, red currant and pomegranate ... brought forward by a discrete Chambolle minerality. On the palate focused, harmonious and juicy - fresh mid-palate fruit - …
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The first impressions I get from the new vintage is often a extensive tasting at Maison Philippe Pacalet. The wines from Pacalet is perfect for this purpose as the finish malolactic fermentation very early and even more important they have a very pure and clear expression of the vintage and the …
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