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Domaine Bertrand Machard de Gramont - also known as Domaine Axelle Machard de Gramont - is one of my fixed annual tastings. I have said it many times: Axelle's wines are truly honest. Sometimes, the wines talk, and I find that the 2023s are amongst the most interesting and best wines I have …
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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 …
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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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, …
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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