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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
It is always a treat and a great pleasure to visit Thibault Morey ... as there is a zen-like balance and tranquility over this estate ... nothing forced but wines made like nature intended them - it seems. I am of course back at Domaine Morey-Coffinet tasting the elegant wines from the prime …
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“Taille tot, taille tard, rien ne vaut la taille de mars” is an old saying (Prune early or prune late, nothing’s as good as pruning in March)!. We now have March 3rd, and both DRC, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, and not surprisingly Domaine Leroy still have the top vineyards left …
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Its just one of these articles ... where I needed some time and more tastings to establish my view on the white 2023s. The 2023 vintage is a quite joyful vintage for good whites and reds, but the variation is large or should I say very large indeed. So the tasting of Cofinet-Duvernay has …
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I have now have started to taste the big producers of white 2023s, and must say that the diversity of the vintage matches that of the reds ... i.e. big variation in yields and phenolic ripeness. This is a vintage that can and often will offer great pleasure, but it is sadly a very bumpy ride, as …
These are exciting times at Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, with its new guest rooms in La Maison de Jacqueline having just opened. Vosne-Romanée is all of a sudden brimming with life and tempting offers. The 2023s, shown to me by Marie-Andrée Nauleau-Mugneret, are in my view amongst the most vivid and …
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