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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Is it finally the end of the Robert Parker blemish? It seems fewer and fewer producers are making highly extracted, highly oaky Burgundies. This was the style that apparently was taken up to satisfy the tastes of former Wine Advocate critic Robert Parker. The big Parker era was the 1990s and …
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And on that topic, this year's Saint-Vincent Tournante gathering brought more than 70,000 people to the celebration in the two small villages of Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis. This is really not my thing - I thought - but I was surprised to have some truly enjoyable wines in the glass. I …
[Read more...] about What I Eat, Drink and Think: Burgundian Traditions
A vin d’émotion can often be boiled down to a few crucial factors. The producer is of course the key element: even the best terroirs can be ruined by a poor vigneron. The second element is the vegetal material itself: the clone, or the massal selection, is key. Some vines will naturally produce wine …
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Drink 2017 village! The Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny 2017 is a seductive glass, and there's no shame in popping one of these at the moment. The tastings at the Saint-Vincent Tournante (in Morey-Saint Denis and Chambolle this year) showed several hedonistic 2017s; even the lighters 1er crus are showing …
[Read more...] about What I Eat, Drink, and Think: First in a Series
