Anybody? I browse a great many wine shops lists etc and find it all a bit much. The geography I have got my head around, mostly. Vintages less so, but I seem to have had fantastic wines from so-so years and strange things from 'great' years. I think I get that it's the producers that I need to understand better. And then to make matters worse I have found really beautiful wines from a producer, buy some more of a different vintage and they are awful.
Do I just accept the lemons as part of the price to pay?
I tend to buy at most half a case of one wine, even just odd bottles of the dearer stuff. I cannot go over £100/bottle. Entry level wines at £20 to £30 a bottle have been my sorest trial.
Is there a short cut to consistency?
Red Burgundy recommendations
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Anything but Port, this includes all non-Port fortified wines even if they call themselves Port. There is a search facility for this part of the forum.
Anything but Port, this includes all non-Port fortified wines even if they call themselves Port. There is a search facility for this part of the forum.
Re: Red Burgundy recommendations
I don't know anything about red Burgundy wine but would like to taste some this autumn. So this thread is most welcome. Thanks Owen.
Are there no reliable négociants or producers that one could use as first guide or road map? What do the experts here think of Louis Jadot?
Are there no reliable négociants or producers that one could use as first guide or road map? What do the experts here think of Louis Jadot?
The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt know thy Port
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Re: Red Burgundy recommendations
I have had quite a few village wines from Jadot and liked them well enough to buy some 1er Cru wines from 2005 (Nuits and Gevery). But as I had a terrible accident with a case of 1er Cru wines from Dupont Tisserandot 2005, whereby a whole dozen disappeared in about six months I thought I should leave the rest of my 05s in store until they are a bit older, lest the same fate should befall them.
Re: Red Burgundy recommendations
I seem to remember having similar accidents with a number of cases of vintage portLGTrotter wrote:I had a terrible accident with a case of 1er Cru wines from Dupont Tisserandot 2005, whereby a whole dozen disappeared in about six months
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Red Burgundy recommendations
An article on Jancis Robinson's website which is worth a read for a good explanation of how Burgundy works (and why it is difficult to establish simple rules for what to look for). The article starts off talking about hail storms, but then goes on to explain more.