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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
I was involved over the last couple of months in a project reviewing some Hospices de Beaune wines for an Asian client. It was interesting in that it focused more on the elevage than on the wines themselves, and showed in many instances wider degrees of decision-making freedom taken by the vignerons …
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The 2023 harvest of reds and whites has begun in the Cote de Nuits, and will accelerate over the coming weekend. Yesterday, Comte Liger-Belair harvested some of the fruit in Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes - the chardonnay and the young pinot noir vines at the bottom of the …
At l'Elegance de Volnay in June I stumbled across Domaine Dubuet-Boillot, headed by Maxime, a new producer whose first full vintage was 2019 (he started slowly in 2016). At the event, I had the opportunity to taste two wines from Maxime Dubuet-Boillot, and both impressed me quite a bit. They showed …
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The importance of elevage to the Hospices de Beaune wines is often overlooked, but in reality quite a bit can be done to change and improve the Hospices' wines. I have been looking at the effects of elevage - the oak used (often the Hospices barrel), racking, barrel time, etc. - and this has led …
[Read more...] about Hospices de Beaune: Elevage by Michel Lafarge
