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Sixteen Corton Charlemagne 2002 tasted

24/09/2009 Herwig Janssen 0

Our Euryanthe wine-tasting group (10 people, among them WijnIdee editor Jozef Schildermans and collaborators Michiel Carpentier, Max Rive and Herwig Janssen, the author of these notes)  recently got together for a very interesting , educational and fun evening . Corton Charlemagne at age 7 is too young but with all these premature oxidation (‘premox’) fears , we needed to check > Read more …

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White Burgundy 2002 Tasting

08/05/2009 Herwig Janssen 0

I am a fan of the 2002 white Burgundy vintage. These wines are classics, I thought, when I tasted them from barrel. But with all these premox (premature oxidation) worries, I needed an update. All the wines came from my cellar. I bought them on release. I was willing to bet anything that they would all be clean, pure, fresh > Read more …

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Noodweer 2002 beschadigt wijnoogst

17/09/2002 Jozef Schildermans 0

Verschillende wijngebieden in heel de wereld hadden in 2002 te kampen met vernietigend noodweer. Op verschillende plaatsen is de oogst beschadigd of zelfs helemaal verdwenen. Een overzichtje. Champagne, FrankrijkOp 2 juli vernietigde een hagelstorm tachtig procent van de druiven in sommige wijngaarden. De Pinot Noir wijngaarden ten Noorden van Epernay leden de meeste schade. De Chardonnay in het Zuiden werd > Read more …