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🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🍷Richebourg in Hong $🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🍷Richebourg in Hong Kong🍷 Read the full tasting report via the link in my bio. This report, dating from a dinner in Hong Kong in January 2024, has been maturing nicely alongside the wines. One can make quite a strong argument that the three greatest vineyards for red Burgundy, which are not Monopoles, are Richebourg, Chambertin and Musigny. This particular evening was dedicated to a study of Richebourg principally but not exclusively through the lens of two vignerons. The grand cru Richebourg is made up of two lieux-dits, Les Richebourgs itself (5.05ha) at the southern end and Les Verroilles ou Richebourgs (2.98 hectares) to the north. Originally the designation here was Les Verroilles-sous-Richebourg, but a deft piece of marketing changed ‘sous’ (under) to ‘ou’ (or). There is a slight difference in orientation between the two lieux-dits, with the Verroilles part having the merest fraction of north in with the east as the hillside turns up towards the combe. This would occasion slightly later ripening according to the late Henri Jayer, but no other significant difference. It just needed picking two or three days later. Jean-Nicolas Méo agrees, but notes that the upper part of Les Verroilles keeps the late-season evening sun longer than the rest of the cru. Back in the 19th century Dr Lavalle, writing in 1855, did differentiate by quoting Les Richebourgs as Tête de Cuvée and Les Verroilles as 1ère Cuvée. Read the full tasting report via the link in my bio.$

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