The Jacques Selosse, Substance Brut, a very fine champagne. Good body and lenght with quite mature flavors, good acidity and structure. While not the most complex Champagne, it offers great drinkability as all Selosse wines. Still lacking the ultimate complexity and refinement - and the slight …
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Cedric Bouchard, Roses de Jeanne – Rose 2004
Roses de Jeanne Rosé de Saignée Creux d'Enfer 2004 from Cedric Bouchard was quite a strange glass. Quite a lot of sweetness and a very expressive sweet fruit. Not a very great depth or complexity, all in all a rather uninteresting glass. Have not tasted this producer before, but this wine really …
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Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon 1990
The Dom Perignon 1990 - very nice and ready to drink. I have seen big bottle variation, and I somehow feel the DP 1990 never has fulfilled the promises it made when it just came on the market. This example showed good length and good complexity, but like several other bottles of this wine missing …
Comte de Vogue, Musigny Vieilles Vignes 2002
The Musigny 2002 from Vogue is a wonderful wine. The bouquet oozing with minereality and red coulis fruit. On the palate it shows very good length og power, with a fantastic minerality simmerring under the layers of red pinot fruit. It's less dark in the fruit than many other Musignys from Vogue, …
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Village wines blended or single vineyard
It seems like a growing number of producers in Burgundy are producing single vineyard village wines, thus changing the tradition of blending the village wines in to one cuvee. For some producers it's an old tradition, but for others it's a new approach. But is single vineyard village wines a good …
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