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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
By Steen Öhman -
The Pernand Caradeux is really enjoying the quite abundant fruit of the 2012 vintage. It's offering fine red and dark berry fruit in the nose. On the palate it's firmly structured - but also blessed with a lovely rich fruit - well balanced and quite refined for the terroir. Normally not a great fan …
[Read more...] about Domaine Poisot, Pernand-Vergelesses en Caradeux 1er cru 2012
By Steen Öhman -
The Corton-Bressandes is showing quite a lot of reduction currently - but still the charming and extrovert 2012 fruit manage to show some nuances. On the palate pure and lovely red berry fruit - juicy and with a fine nerve and energy. It's very charming for the appelation, long, rich, quite intense …
By Steen Öhman -
Remi Poisot have made some lovely 2012s - and the Cortin Chalie is no exception. The Corton-Charlemagne terroir with it's firm structure really suits the style of the 2012 whites. The bouquet is showing pure and quite exotic fruit - peach, melon, hints of acacia and oak. On the palate quite dense …
[Read more...] about Domaine Poisot, Corton-Charlemagne 2012
By Steen Öhman -
The Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2012 is slightly reduced but showing fine nuances of red berry fruit and Vosne spices. On the palate layers of intense and refined pinot fruit, quite transparent with a lovely expression of the fine terroir. The fruit is pure and vibrant, offering very fine length and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Poisot, Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2012
By Steen Öhman -
First white from Louis-Michel - from the newly acquired vineyard Clos des Grandes Vignes in the southern Nuits-Saint-Georges. The wines were re-grafted with Chardonney in 2010 - so this is a fairly new vineyard for the whites. The bouquet is quite expressive with notes of pear, melon and citrus - …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Clos des Grandes Vignes 2012