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Marks & Spencer Maison du Tastelune 2009 Vin de Bourgogne Pinot Noir

January 23, 2012
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The word “Bourgogne” appears thrice on the almost-impressively dull label of this Marks & Spencer red. What school of logic requires three instances of a word the target audience (even at their most wine-savvy) simply don’t use, I couldn’t say. We have a word for wines like this in English: Burgundy. Marketing a French wine [...]

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Joseph Drouhin Rouge Rully Burgundy

April 13, 2011
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‘Rully‘ is a nice memorable name, and therefore – I presumed – a good place to start in exploring Burgundy, and its wines, remotely. That’s right, far from being a rough northern town in England, which it (arguably) sounds like, Rully is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department of the greater Burgundy area, and for [...]

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Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 2009

February 16, 2011
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My ramble through the world of Pinot Noir continues with this French bottle. It has increased my knowledge of the grape, but left lingering questions coupled with a thirst for more. Not a bad combination – after all, life would be pretty boring if we knew all the answers right away. You wouldn’t get the [...]

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Marks & Spencer Bourgogne 2007 Pinot Noir

November 14, 2010
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Pinot Noir 2007 Bourgogne Marks & Spencer Mixed Case £45 Natural Cork 13.5% I opened the bottle in advance to let it breathe before the evening’s wine tasting. It needs to be held in the glass to let the flavours develop. The recognisable flavours were of wild raspberry and plums with mellow spicy tones and [...]

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