Flavour of the year 2018 .. Domaine Moron-Garcia

Prices, awards … perhaps it’s in the end all self-branding and nice words! – however I do find it gratifying to promote new and talented estates and people.

So i have decided to start a new Winehog Award called the “Flavour of the year” an award I will give to new and talented producers in the greater Burgundy.

The 2018 flavour of the year award goes to Domaine Moron-Garcia in Nuits-Saint-Georges – for wines from the 2017 vintage.

The motivation is that Moron-Garcia produce vivid, energetic wines with character and substance. The wines has a lovely complexity and a style quite unique for the estate, and the wines are made with refinement and a lovely expression of terroir. The wines do have quite some substance and do have more weight and depth than quite many modern wines of Burgundy today.

More info on Moron-Garcia can be found here

Previous and future winners

This is a new award … and therefore there are no older winners … but estates like Chantereves, Nicolas Faure and Domaine Thomas Collardot in Puligny-Montrachet would indeed have been favourites for the “flavour of the year” – as will Domaine Marthe Henry Boillot perhaps be when we get some more bottled wines from her.

Tasting Notes for this producer

• Domaine J.-F. Mugnier, Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos de la Marechale 2017 July 29, 2026
• Visit to Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – Tasting the 2023s from Cask January 22, 2025
• Visit to Domaine Anne Gros – Tasting the 2022s March 28, 2024
• Visit to Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – Tasting the 2022s February 16, 2024
• Domaine Nathalie & Gilles Fevre Chablis 2022 July 6, 2023
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echezeaux 2019 July 4, 2023
• Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée Saint-Vivant 2008 June 3, 2023
• Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet 2007 June 3, 2023
• Domaine de Montille Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Saint-Juliens 2019 May 16, 2023
• Visit to Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – Tasting the 2022s from Cask May 4, 2023
• Domaine Jean Fournier Marsannay Les Longeroies 2015 Version Originale April 25, 2023
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 2014 April 15, 2023
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras 2014 April 15, 2023
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echezeaux 2014 April 14, 2023
• Domaine Michel Voarick Corton-Charlemagne 2008 April 14, 2023
• Domaine Prieure-Roch Vosne-Romanee Hautes-Maizières 2012 April 13, 2023
• Domaine Prieure-Roch Clos de Vougeot 2009 April 13, 2023
• Marthe Henry Boillot Aligote 2019 March 26, 2023
• Domaine Antoine Lienhardt Côte de Nuits villages Les Plantes Aux Bois 2021 March 25, 2023
• Case Basse Soldera Toscana IGT 2018 March 23, 2023
• Domaine Camp-Atthalin Savigny-les-Beaune Les Prévaux 2019 March 23, 2023
• Domaine Antoine Lienhardt Emphase 2021 March 21, 2023
• Domaine J.-F. Mugnier, Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos de la Marechale 2019 March 21, 2023
• Theo Dancer Bourgogne Blanc 2020 March 21, 2023
• M & C Lapierre Beaujolais 2021 March 20, 2023
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château 2014 October 25, 2022
• Visit to Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – Tasting the 2021s October 24, 2022
• Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée La Colombière 2009 October 21, 2022
• Visit to Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – Tasting the 2021s from Cask July 12, 2022
• Exploring the Domaine Tawse Musigny June 14, 2022

Related articles

• White terroirs with potential
  It is easy to love Puligny, Chassagne, and Meursault. In these times of Global warming, there are, however, still longer gaps between the wines that have sufficient freshness and tension… You know Frais et Léger. Some terroirs are, however, hiding some beautiful gems and potential. It’s a question of palate and taste, but I have my ...
• Steen Öhman – the new Winehog and the A-team
  Winehog has been operating since 2011, wow, 15 years! – stretching from a hobby wine blog to now a small team effort diving into Burgundy without safety nets and worries caused by impatient background investors. Wine, vineyards, vignerons and the whole of Burgundy have been – and still are linked together by articles, photos and videos ...
• Domaine Jean-Grivot Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts
  The next interesting 1er cru on the list is the Vosne-Romanée Beaux Mont of Domaine Jean-Grivot – one of the very best 1er crus of this fine estate. Grivot has a vast lineup of very, very good 1er crus and Grand Crus … one of the most impressive in Vosne-Romanée and Burgundy as a whole. The wines ...
• For the love of wine – stay positive … but overripe whites – no thanks
  Wine should be about love and passion … don’t waste your liver on boring, poor, or even defunct and overripe wines . This is not about justice to the last millimeter… fine-tune your own limits and borders… but think energy and tension … in a world with global warming, this is essential. It should always be in ...
• Maps … me or AI
  Making maps of Burgundian vineyards was a necessity when I began WineHog in 2011/2012 … it was what I had to do to get the writing flowing. I started with the top vineyards and moved down to the other existing plots … great producers and with good plots. This was hard work … and as you move ...