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Pierre Matrot Meursault 2009

January 3, 2012 Burgundy

Made by Thierry and Pascale Matrot, under another name, for legal reasons. Feel free to check out the shockingly comprehensive website: http://www.matrot.com/ Pierre Matrot Meursault- 2009 $44.99 Burghound 89*- Outstanding Top value- An earthier, riper and more deeply pitched nose of red and blue pinot fruit introduces rich and delicious yet entirely serious medium-bodied flavors [...]

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Billard Gonnet Pommard Les Rugiens Bas 2009

January 2, 2012 Burgundy

More amazing 2009 Red Burgundy. Billard-Gonnet Pommard 2009 Les Rugiens-Bas 1er Cru Red 2009 SOLD OUT – Call or Email about Current Vintage Availability Burghound 95* – Sweet Spot Outstanding “As it almost always is chez Billard, this is the most elegant wine in the range with a pure and strikingly complex, if very backward, [...]

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Domaine de la Chaponne Morgon 2010

December 15, 2011 Beaujolais

Lovely cru Beaujolais from the exceptional 2010 vintage. Georges Duboeuf Domaine de la Chaponne Morgon 2010 $14.99 Wine Enthusiast 92 “The 2009 vintage of this wine was one of the stars from Georges Duboeuf, and this 2010 fits the same pattern. It has great richness, spice, black cherry fruits, the acidity offering the fruity side [...]

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Bouland Morgon 2010 – Parker 92

December 9, 2011 Beaujolais

Daniel Bouland is one of Beaujolais’s major as well as most consistent talents. Daniel Bouland Morgon 2010 Corelette Vieilles Vignes $22.99 Parker 92 “Bouland’s 2010 Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes offers scents of violet, wisteria, fresh cherry, red currant, and smoked meat. Sweetly-ripe yet vivacious fruit informs a silken-textured palate, while smokiness and salinity lend invigoration [...]

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Le Beaujolais nouveau 2011 est arrive!

November 17, 2011 Beaujolais

Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular ‘vin de primeur’ – French wine sold in the same year it is harvested. Beaujolais Nouveau is fermented for just a few weeks before being released for sale on the third Thursday of [...]

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More Mugnier Clos de la Marechale 2009

November 11, 2011 Burgundy

Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits St George 2009 Clos de la Marechale 1er Cru $79.99 (750 ml) Burghound 92 – Outstanding - “An expressive and attractively fresh nose speaks of ripe and earthy red and blue pinot fruit that is very much in keeping with the tautly muscular and firm middle weight flavors that possess plenty of dry [...]

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Pascal et Mireille Renaud Macon Villages 2009

June 13, 2011 Burgundy

Domaine Pascal et Mireille Renaud Macon-Villages 2009 $14.99 Rounded wine, very soft. The ripeness of the fruit is very apparent and fits with its almond and peach flavors and its acidity brings an attractive final tang.

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Olivier Leflaive Les Setilles 2008

May 16, 2011 Burgundy

The fruit is 70% Puligny and 30% Meursault. Olivier Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc “Les Setilles” 2008 $19.99 Burghound 86* – Outstanding Top Value “A very fresh and intensely floral nose also reflects hints of lemon-lime and earth, both of which can also be found on the nicely rich and round flavors that are not only intense [...]

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Jean-Jacques Girard Savigny Les Beaune 2009

May 12, 2011 Burgundy

We have been been big fans in the past of Domaine des Meurgets Savigny les Beaune Serpentieres.  Apparently, this wine was being made by Jean-Jacques Girard and for legal reasons he couldn’t bottle it under his name.  Now all that nonsense has been taken care of and his name is back on his wine.  So [...]

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Drouhin Chorey-les-Beaune 2007

May 6, 2011 Burgundy

Great value from Burgundy. Joseph Drouhin 2007 Chorey-les-Beaune Cote-de-Beaune, Burgundy, France $21.99 Parker 88 “The Drouhin’s excellent value 2007 Chorey-les-Beaune displays sweetly ripe cherry with hints of nut oils, brown spices, peat, and chalk. Richer than its 2008 counterpart though less bright, it nevertheless preserves a sense of interactive complexity and length you would not [...]

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Chablisienne St. Bris 2009

May 4, 2011 Burgundy

We have 3 more cases of the Chablisienne St. Bris.  This sold out last time this was available. La Chablisienne Chablis 2009 Sauvignon de St. Bris AOC $11.99 An usual offering – the St Bris appellation is Sauvignon blanc made just outside the Chablis AOC. It is so delicious, in fact, that the French decided [...]

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