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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg is one of the gems in Vosne Romanee. The Echezeaux from Mugneret-Gibourg comes from two parcels: Les Rouges du Bas et Les Quartiers de Nuits, both with a deep soil consisting of gravel and silt. The 2009 vintage of the Echezeaux is a real beauty. The bouquet is showing …
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Troplong Mondot is sadly the perfect example of what I like to call a solicitor wine. Very high alcohol - 14,5% in 2008. On the nose loads of toasted oak, coffee, liquorice. Layers of sweet fruit in the bouquet, still the alcohol is quite noticeable in the nose. On the palate big and lush with a lot …
The La Mondotte 1998 is a big and lush wine. The bouquet is quite open and crammed with ripe fruit. There is notes of dark berries, plum, liquorice, cherries, cedar and hints of pencil. On the palate very luch ripe fruit, it's opulent and almost thich with a good length and balance. It's a modern …
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos De Corvees is more or less the signature wine of Domaine Prieure Roch. The 2000 Clos de Corvees is now fully mature but very much alive. The bouquet is bursting with red fruits - strawberries and framboise - organic style. On the palate quite opulent lush pinot fruits, …
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Domaine Bizot is one of the rising stars in Burgundy. The Vosne Romanee Village 2009 is a real beauty. The bouquet is slightly dark and closed, but with fine Vosne spices and a hint of thyme. On the palate red fruits with some impression of oak. The fruit is very charming - almost organic - very …
