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ALONG THE BURGUNDY TRAIL – VINTAGE 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS This Along The Burgundy Trail – Vintage 2015 article features an Introduction followed by a 2015 Vintage Report and then a list of Domaines and Negociants Visited. Next is Wines Tasted and Tasting Notes with notes on wines tasted at 12 producers during November 2016. These include some of the very […]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2014 BURGUNDY VINTAGE DOMAINES AND NEGOCIANTS VISITED WINES TASTED AND TASTING NOTES 2014 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI HARVEST REPORT RECENT VINTAGES (2013 – 2007) HOW BURGUNDY IS TASTED FROM BARREL A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF BURGUNDY INTRODUCTION I first started going to Burgundy to taste wines from barrel in 1981. Since […]
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TWO GREAT BOTTLES OF 1990 RED BURGUNDY When I first tasted the 1990 Red Burgundies from barrel over 20 years ago (Underground Wineletter Volume XIII, Numbers 1 & 2, August-September 1991), I thought it was the greatest Burgundy vintage I had ever tasted from barrel. Today I would also include 2005 and 2009 on […]
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Following are tasting notes of some Red Burgundies at The French Club in San Francisco last year. 1999 Chambertin Clos de Bèze, Louis Jadot. Medium brick red color. Mature but elusive nose. Rather spare and dry in the mouth. A nice wine but a bit of a disappointment to me as I am a big […]
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