Charles Lachaux of Vosne-Romanée's Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux is amongst the most dynamic viticulturalists in Burgundy. 01/05/2021 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Procès NSG Les Procès is a 1er cru located above the village of Nuits, just below the beautiful Chateau Gris. The Arnoux-Lachaux plot is …
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Macon x 2 – Domaine Saint Denis
Comparatively tasting two wines from Macon produced a somewhat surprising result, confounding my expectations of the 2017 and 2018 vintages. There is, however, a possible explanation: This is a unique 2018 cuvee. Hubert Laferrère - Domaine Saint-Denis Located in the heart of …
The perception of roses – Domaine Jean-Pierre Guyon’s 2020s
Hand-destemming grapes bunch by bunch - or a variation on this technique - is being tested and implemented more frequently by some of Burgundy's winemakers. Domaine Moron-Garcia, headed by Pierre-Olivier Garcia, was presumably the first to practice "baie par baie" (berry by berry) destemming in …
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Domaine Sylvain Dussort
New generations and new people! Domaine Sylvain Dussort is slowly but surely preparing a generational switch, readying daughter Anne-Caroline Dussort to take over the estate from her father Sylvain, who has reigned since 1982 at the prominent address of 12 rue Charles Giraud in …
Visit to Domaine Anne Gros – tasting the 2019s
Sometimes we journalists promote stories and hypotheses regarding wines and producers - about slipping quality or changes in style, new stars and other "sensations" - just to be remotely interesting. This is of course a part of the job. However, sometimes one is forced to simply lean back and …
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