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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine de la Douaix is producing a range of Côte de Nuits Villages cuvées with the Vieilles Vignes being the top wine - coming from the vineyards Les Vignottes in Premeaux (85-year-old vines) and Les Chaillot in Corgoloin (101-year-old vines). The 2012 Vieilles Vignes is a delightful glass with …
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Lafouge is making some fine wines primarily from the Auxey-Duresse appellation. The 2016 Auxey-Duresse is lively and with a good mid-palate concentration. Its vivid and quite lightfooted for the 2016 vintage, offering a delightful energy .. enjoyable fruit and a nice balance - drinking very well …
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Burgundian rosé is not common on the winehog table - but I am expanding a bit on the summer rosé theme. The new Vosne estate Arnaud et Sofie - started by Arnaud Sirugue and his wife Sofie Noëllat - has made a delightful rosé, provence style. It's a vivid and well structured wine - a passetoutgrain …
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Vincent Wine Company is a small winery located in the Eola Hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. They make Pinot Noirs, Chardonnay and Gamay - and have provided the Winehog with some samples this summer. Vincent Wine Company Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills, Bjornson Vineyard 2016 is one of the single …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2017 from Aurelien Verdet is a quite delightful wine. It has the charm of the vintage - it's airy and quite lightfooted - but with a nice intensity. Forward and rather good complexity for this level - nice iron/earthy minerality - without being NSG austere. (Drink From …
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