Boursot is an old domaine in Chambolle-Musigny who has made its mark in recent years in the Burgundy hierarchy. The estate has quite a few interesting vineyards, Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées being the most prominent. The style is forward, quite vivid. Some are rather classical and slightly on …
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Clos des Lambrays … a new star of Morey
Clos des Lambrays is expanding with several very interesting vineyards to supplement the core - the delicate Clos des Lambrays itself. The expansion happened while Jacques Devauges had taken the reins at this fine and historic estate. The expansion of Clos des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays …
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Dilution and high yields
The first 2023 wines are now in bottle, and it is time to reflect a bit about the high yields as this shapes the vintage so to speak. 2023 is a quite unique vintage with exceptionally high yields which we have not seen since 1982; there were sometimes giant bunches of grapes weighing 300 grams, …
The 2023s, phenolic ripeness and dilution?
I am currently tasting a lot of 2023s ... mostly to my pleasure, but to be honest, I am a bit worried about some with signs of dilution, lack of energy, and freshness. As we all know by now, 2023 yields were (in some cases) enormous - sometimes more than 100 hl/ha. Although this amount of wine …
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Visit to Domaine Gérard Mugneret – Tasting the 2023s
We're now well into November, and the second part of the 2023 wine-tasting season is starting to reveal some serious thoughts about the 2023 vintage. In some cases, all is fine and dandy, in others, the knowledge of the vintage is enhanced and lastly, we sometimes do really find some of the …
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