Tag: burgundy 2021
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur Buying Recommendations
The Bon Coeur Buying Team have highlighted their top white and red Burgundies from the classic 2021 vintage; where bright, vibrant, and charming wines in both colours have been produced. Producers believe it is a vintage that harks back to the future and is comparable to those from the late 1980s and early 1990s/2000s. Our buying recommendations ...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur Vintage Review
It's a pleasure to present our 2021 Burgundy Review. As many of you are aware, it is once again one of (very) low yields, Mother Nature is increasingly unpredictable. However, the 2021 vintage has in places flourished, ushered by waves of excitement for the quality of both white and red wines. Andrew and I were delighted to plan our return to the C...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur: The Final Day
A breakfast tasting to begin the morning with Caroline Parent-Gros in the cellars of Domaine AF Gros in Beaune. Incredible finesse and elegance in all wines here; what a magical touch her brother, Mathias, has. Although 2021 is not the most complex vintage in terms of power and structure, it does, however, give the opportunity for each wine to ...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur: Another Day of Tastings
Tuesday Day 3 started with a well needed lie in leaving at 08:45 for our first barrel tasting in Nuits-Saint-Georges with Domaine Joseph Faiveley, and see their decimated cellar (a loss of half the production for reds, and two-thirds less for white.) We were therefore restricted to tasting wines with a production level of 5 barrels or more! Our ...
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Burgundy 2021 En Primeur: Tastings Begin!
Sunday After meeting at Bon Coeur HQ at 3am, we drove to Manchester for our 7am flight to Geneva. Arriving in Beaune just after midday and time for the start of the Hospice de Beaune auctions where a staggering 800 lots were for sale, and most barrels going for 30% above top estimate. It was a day to sit on one’s hands! A long day called for an...