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Burgundy 2024 – S–V
The last of our alphabetically organised tasting articles: reviews of wines tasted by Matthew in the Côte d’Or and by our team in London. Jon Wyand took the photo above...
Matthew Hayes
Friday 30 January 2026
• 4 min read
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