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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Beyond elusive ... not even in my dreams. The red grands crus of Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay are both very rare and very costly, but the whites are even further away from the snout of the Winehog. Both the Chevalier-Montrachet and the Batard-Montrachet are in what I would call a league of …
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The Winehog began in 2011 and this means that some of the articles are getting a bit old and rusty. The vineyards are still more or less the same, but there are in some cases changes in ownership and the people working at the estates. I have therefore decided to do a fall update of these …
While the tests of Diam started at the beginning of the 2000s, the expansive use started in 2013 with Comte Lafon, in 2014 with Domaine Leflaive and Olivier Lamy in 2015 ... 10 years ago … and things seem to work very well indeed from a premox perspective. 20 years since the start in …
Two words - Rousseau and Chambertin - expectations are building up, great wine ahead. While Domaine Armand Rousseau is a legendary estate in Burgundy, the history of the family holdings on Chambertin is rather limited seen in a Burgundian timeframe, as the ownership dates back to the early …
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Chambertin Clos de Bèze is a large vineyard with some prominent yet somehow a bit under the radar wines from otherwise known producers. One such is Domaine Prieure-Roch in Premeaux - created by late Henri Frédéric Roch who sadly passed away in November 2018. To avid Burgundy collectors this name …
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