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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Chambolle Musigny 1er cru 2010 from Vogue is a truly lovely wine and quite a big step up from the village wine. Made from young wines - below 25 years - in the grand cru Musigny vineyard. In the bouquet lovely cool and crystal clear red fruit - forrest strawberries, raspberries with hints of …
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The Chambolle village 2010 from Vogue is a lovely transparant terroir driven village wine. In the bouquet fresh and crisp red berries - raspberries, cherries with hints of blueberries and red current. On the palate sligtly closed but with a fantastic transparancy and very finely grained minerality. …
The Meursault Charmes 2002 from Comte Lafon is just enering it's drinking window. In the bouquet quite rich orchard fruits - pear, melon with a hint of apple - a lovely quite crisp minerality. On the palate very fine balance and length, good acidity and minerality. it's starting to get a slight …
Old but still drinkable - the Mazis Chambertin 1978 from Alfred Martin is old, delicate and fragile but still worth tasting. In the bouquet raspberries, coffee, red currant and a slight orange peel. It's delicate with the finesse of a good terroir, but is lacking intensity. On the palate same story, …
The Pucelles 1999 from Domaine Leflaive is a real beauty. In the nose gun powder, citrus and almonds with a fine minerality and a lovely yellow fruit. On the palate a wonderful crisp acidity, very focused with a beautiful fruit and minderality. It has a lovely balance, and a fantastic acidity and …
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