Stephen Bitterolf, the Wine Director at Crush , conceived of this event with an eye towards the famous La Paulée Burgundy dinners where everyone competes to bring the finest bottles and people walk from table to table tasting each others' wines. 2002 Bründlmayer Riesling Zobinger Heiligenstein Alte Reben. don't think he stopped to eat.

Maison Bouchard Carton "Le Corton" 2005, Mazis Chambertin 2002 from Maison Jean-Claude Boisset, and 1982 Batard-Montrachet from Maison Louis Jadot. 1836 was the year the first considerable professional association was formed to promote the interests of the negoticiants and freedom of the trade in Burgundy.

And the 2002 Paul Bara Bouzy Rouge Coteaux Champenois , a wine that was probably the messiest of all when we first opened it, all bramble and pitch black fruit and very disjointed. You know, I used to love Closel but I kind of gave up on the wines after not liking anything after 2002 (and after the last of my 2002's showed oxidized).

If I had arranged for a dinner featuring Red Burgundies from 30 different appellations, I doubt anyone attending the dinner would have thought that all the Burgundies tasted the same. For example, you can still find Gravner 2001 and 2002 bottlings around without much trouble in NYC market. Orange wines are sweeping the nation!

Comtes Lafon is one of the iconic domaines in Burgundy. Maybe you don't know this about me, but I really like Burgundy wine. If I were to buy a bottle from roughly 1996 - 2002 there is the pre-mox risk too, although supposedly Lafon did a better job of avoiding pre-mox problems that did most other white Burgundy producers.

Vineyard work is thoughtful and very conscientious, and fully converted to biodynamic farming since 2002. But Coteaux Champenois can be as beautifully perfumed, elegant, and hauntingly delicious as a lot of expensive Burgundy wine. Isabelle and Franck Pascal, and their name tags. The "entry level" wine is called Sagessse Brut Nature.

It’s not every evening I get to taste ten white Burgundies with a decade or so of age. So I delighted to have the chance to taste through several bottles at a collector’s house recently to assess the risk and reward of white Burgundy. What’s your assessment of the risk and reward of white Burgundy? follows after the jump.

These wines will give Burgundy a run for its money! Tawse Winery Beamsville Bench Reserve 2002. Tawse Winery Beamsville Bench Reserve 2002. What a very curious name for a Canadian Campaign, yet oh so. First off, the seminar was very well organized. Very impressed by the wines, which had incredible minerals and high acidity.

2002 Domaine Huet Vouvray Demi-Sec Clos du Bourg , $33, Imported by Robert Chadderdon Selections. Awesome wine, and it's the same price as a newly released 1er cru red Burgundy from a good terroir. White Burgundy is tough to buy, I think. December tends to be a good month for wine drinking. This one, however, was thrilling.

And one day you spend $75 on a great producer's villages Burgundy from 2004, and you realize that it might be true that good producers make good wine in all vintages, but there are better ways to spend $75. We also drank the 2002, although it was released as Limpido!, would drink the passable 2002 over the '97 every time.

They sky is grey and brooding, as always seems to be the case in Burgundy, yet is romantic and inspiring. From 2002 the Domaine has practiced 100% organic and now biodynamic farming. In the 19th century, it was owned by Jules Belin, one of Burgundy's top negotiants. George. Surprise in the Vineyard. In the Winery. The Cellar.

Some red Burgundies are fruity and enticing when young, then shut down for many years, and then emerge with less fruit perhaps, but with new layers of depth and complexity. Tags: Comte Armand Simon Bize Mugnier Burgundy Michel Lafarge know it's cliché, but it's true - there are no best wines, there are only best bottles.

That great Beaujolais that sold for $12 in the 2002 vintage costs $17 now. This is Chardonnay, technically from the Loire Department, but we're talking closer to Lyon and Burgundy than to Vouvray or Chinon. Is it possible to drink great wine on a daily basis if you're not rich? think it it is possible, yes. or $13.50 Here is one.

After working as a nuclear scientist, Texier turned to wine, making his first in Burgundy. Our sixth wine was the excellent Cuvée Casimir 2007 ($35) by Franck Balthazar , another engineer who, in this case, came back to the family wine making fold in 2002. alcohol. The $16 price tag helped too. Then we tried the J. Chave , St.

If I'm buying an age worthy wine, a good red Burgundy, for example, I'm a believer in buying three bottles and drinking one when young in order to know the wine in that phase of its life. remember asking my friend Peter about this as we drove from one cellar tasting to another in Burgundy a little over a year ago. And that's fine.

When I asked winemaker Roli Velich of the Moric winery which grape was the most apt comparison for Blaufränkisch, he suggested no fewer than three: pinot noir from Burgundy, Syrah from the Northern Rhone and Nebbiolo from Piedmont. When it came time to sell the wine, he priced it the same as his better known Cabernet Sauvignon. Smart moves.

decided that I wouldn't try to impress him with Grand Cru Burgundy and things like that. 2002 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Excelsior Clos des Noelles with fish soup. If you look at the left side-bar of this blog you'll see that with 2010, this blog enters its fifth calendar year. am not in the wine business. don't think so.

Jasper Hill Farm Bayley Hazen Blue Cheese, paired with 2002 Domaine du Closel Savennières Mo ëlleux Les Coteaux , $28, Louis/Dressner Selections. The wines of the Savennières appellation are typically dry, but in 2002 the Domaine du Closel made a sweet wine. It continues to fascinate me, the challenge of pairing wine with cheese.

This bottle is about 90% from 2006, with 80% of that vinified in tank and 20% vinified in used Burgundy barrels. About 10% of the final blend is 2004 and 2002, but from bottles that are disgorged for this blend. 2002 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs , $90. Some would call them "hipster" wines, and perhaps they're right.

perfect example in my opinion of going over the top and valuing the process over the results could be seen with Domaine Leroy’s wines in the great, great red Burgundy vintage of 1993. John Gilman, author of the newsletter The View from the Cellar , joins us again for a Q&A. asked him six questions; he replied with over 10,000 words!

still love Pinot, but moreso the wines of Burgundy, Cheverny in the Loire Valley, or the Jura. Yes, but the key for me is to drink them without comparing them to Burgundy, to accept them as fruit-driven wines and to enjoy them as such. 2002 St. We loved the 2002 and I brought a few of these home with me from Portland a year ago.

wasn't buying Grand Cru Burgundy on my pathetic teacher's salary. In the first half of 2009, I drank a bunch of Muscadet and decided to age Marc Ollivier's 2007 Clos des Briords and Jo Landron's 2007 Fief du Breil , and the 2002 Luneau Papin Clos des Noelles Excelsior. You know what I realized the other day? Maybe not.

The man who bought the place a few years ago must have bought the old stock wine as well as there were several older vintages of Roberto Cohen imports that at first were tempting, such as the 2002 Aloxe. But I am so curious to see what passes as a kosher burgundy. 2002 series of Beaujolias VIllage was also available, from Roberto.

The man who bought the place a few years ago must have bought the old stock wine as well as there were several older vintages of Roberto Cohen imports that at first were tempting, such as the 2002 Aloxe. But I am so curious to see what passes as a kosher burgundy. But there was also a 2002 series of Beaujolias VIllage. 19.99.

love Burgundy and Beaujolais, and Poulsard is definitely of the same phenotype. Several years ago I drank the 2002 and didn't get it at all. I've recently emerged from a bit of a "red wine stand-still." I've wanted to branch out some more. Not merely for the sake of branching out - I wish there was more red wine that I really like.

2002 López de Heredia Rioja Crianza Viña Cubillo , $25, Polaner Selections. BrooklynLady thought this was a Burgundy wine when she first smelled and tasted. The current vintage is the 2003, and I think that another year plus of bottle age has been great for the 2002. But try it I did about 6 months ago, and I feel like a dope.

enjoy pairing this and other dishes like it, with red Burgundy wines. chose the 2002 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Ah, the mysteries of Burgundy. Tags: Wine of the Week Domaine Henri Gouges Burgundy It may not sound like an appropriate dish for summer, but I think it works. knew that it might not be ready to drink.

think of these wines the way I think of Burgundy wine - they are highly site specific. 2002 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Clos des Noelles Excelsior , $22, Louis/Dressner Selections. I tend to think of Muscadet as a winter white wine, a wine to drink on a cold January night with a plate of raw oysters. Someone said pineapple.

People mostly thought this was a Burgundy, that's how delicate and translucent it was, and how fresh and spicy. could tell without even tasting that it was a Burgundy, a big and ripe example, with a heady fruity perfume. guessed it to be either a 2002, or perhaps a 2000 from a top producer and a top site. But my friends didn't.

2002 Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling, Eden Valley. 2002 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling, Clare Valley. 2002 Peter Lehmann Reserve Riesling, Eden Valley. 2002 Seppelt St Peters Great Western Shiraz, Great Western, Grampians. 2002 d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvèdre, McLaren Vale.

And my my pal Bruce had a bunch of people over for dinner and selected Burgundy as his wine theme, and he was quite generous with the bottles he opened. This is Leroy and it's supposed to be among the very best wines of Burgundy. But when I spend that kind of dough on a bottle of red Burgundy I'm looking for more of a terroir stamp.

It is almost cliché to say that Burgundy is a crap shoot, every bottle a roll of the dice. If you're into Burgundy, you know I'm not kidding or exaggerating. do exactly the same thing when buying Burgundy wine in the $20-40 zone, the range that I tend to live in. 2002 Domaine René Engel Vosne-Romanée , $28.

If I prefer, for example, your NV Brut that is based on 2004, blended with reserve wines from 2003 and 2002, but your NV Brut that is based on 2005 with reserves from 2004 and 2003 is also on the market (quite common here in New York), I want get the wine that I prefer when I put down my $47. This is another great opportunity lost. That's it.

Now, they may be poised to fall back to 2002 prices, which is what British buyers told the Times they were willing to pay. The Burgundy village of Givry has to contend with plans for a new industrial waste treatment plant on the outskirts of town. SPIT: Bordeaux futures. SIPPED: Bordeaux past. Bloomberg ]. Score one for the winemakers!

Nothing othing but older burgundy (or barolo or Cornas) would do to haul me out of the hole. As I assume we are currently experiencing not just the end of the year but the end of the world, I expected to have to make do with the few 2002 on my shelves and close my eyes and pretend. and told me the trip to Burlingame Was it ever.

Nothing othing but older burgundy (or barolo or Cornas) would do to haul me out of the hole. As I assume we are currently experiencing not just the end of the year but the end of the world, I expected to have to make do with the few 2002 on my shelves and close my and told me the trip to Burlingame Was it ever. 1954 Tondonia? Gerald!

The word that comes to mind as you sip Antonin Guyon's 2002 Gevrey-Chambertin ** is searing. The 2002 Gevrey-Chambertin ** has evolved into a puckering villages level Burgundy, with piquant cherry notes and a texture like sharp stones. This wine did not always require food to balance out; it was gorgeous by itself after release.

Domaine de Belliviere Coteaux-du- Loire Le Rouge Gorge 2006 Im a long time devotee of Eric Nicolas wines but this Rouge Gorge seems to bring me back to the 2002 vintage where it was a coup de coeur. But here you go--here is the listing of LOVE Laurent Barth 2006s Love the pinot noir and the pinot gris. FINALLY! Great little wine. And now.we

Burgundy, Jura, and Muscadet.nope. took a brief Burgundy excursion at this point and tasted through the Philippe Pacalet wines. Although these are not among my favorite red Burgundies, tasting Pacalet's 2006's was as fine a lesson in terroir of the C ô te de Nuits as I've ever had. The Italian wines - I didn't taste 'em.

Innocent "Temperance Hill Vineyard" Willamette Valley 2002 Deep garnet color. It is an outstanding wine, well balanced and earthy, but it still lacks the complexity of a grand cru Burgundy The crisp acidity and earthy flavors somehow compliment this brisk NYC air. Cellar selection. Reminds me why I love Oregon. Cellar selection.

Once upon a time I owned six Riedel red Burgundy glasses, the Vinum series. Some of this is simply the size of the glass - good red Burgundy from a 4 oz. My pal Adam and his wife brought a bottle of 2002 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Boudriotte to dinner at my place. Or so says Riedel , anyway.

This Billard Pommard has thinned out a little since we tasted it on release a couple years ago. The acidity has come forward the fruit is like sweet strawberries with a dark chocolate dusting. Very enjoyable now, but I think it will still be good in six years

It turned out to be a 2002 Domaine Virely-Rougeot Pommard 1er Cru, Les Chanlins (I think). He guessed a 2005 Burgundy, young and tightly closed. sensed a sea-water umami kind of thing on the nose that I've found before in mature Burgundy, although I wasn't getting much else in the way of Pinot character. Here are five red wines.

Emilion » A Gamay In Burgundy August 28, 2008 Gamay, the underdog of the wine world has been in the work, deadline is Tuesday. still had Gamay on my brain on a recent visit to Burgundy, only an hour from gamay central, Beaujolais. Gamay In Burgundy Gamay, the underdog of the wine world has been in the work, deadline is Tuesday.

We began with the 2002 Champagne Raymond Boulard Extra Brut Les Rachais. We then opened the 2002 Benoît Lahaye Champagne Millésime (another bottle checked in his suitcase). We ended our meal with a Grand Cru Burgundy from my birth year, the 1971 Prince de Merode Corton Clos de Roi. It was positively funky - cheesy, really.

There was everything from Grand Cru Burgundy to Barolo to Sancerre ros é. 2002 Domaine du Closel Savenniè res Clos de Papillon. The Burgundies were not so impressive, on the whole. Maybe mature Burgundy doesn't show as well when surrounded by bigger, more obvious wines. Same is true with wine, I would say. Who knew.

Given my partiality for Northern Italian, Spanish and Burgundy wines, I felt like I was being reunited with a long-lost relative. My good friends Deetrane and his wife P-trane just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary with a weekend in the North Fork of Long Island. Dee and P were happily surprised at how much they liked the wines.

began in a French table area and tried some Sancerres (made from Sauvignon Blanc), some white Burgundys (made from Chardonnay) and some white blends. Hubery Lamy of Burgundy presented 3 wines. Denis section of Burgundy. Got back from the West Coast this morning and I hope to write up about day 1 of my wine country trip tomorrow.

They're calling 2006 a "classic" vintage in Burgundy, which means that it was a normal year. Meadows in Burghound Issue #29 says, among other things, about the 2006's: "At their best, the ‘06s are indeed classic Burgundies that are exceptionally aromatic and elegant with the best transparency to the underlying terroir since the 2001's."

But they are different from the same wine in 2002, for example, in that they might mature more quickly. Just like in Burgundy - they say you should drink your 2001's and 2004's while waiting for your 2002s to mature. might compare 2001 in Oregon to 2001 in Burgundy. Not that they're sub-par, they are not. Yes, yes I would.

stuck with Burgundy and grower Champagne. Back in January I lamented my past wine splurge results. Many of you commented with excellent suggestions, some of which I wound up using for Splurge 2007. Yeah, just like the NY State legislature, my budget comes out later than it's supposed to. More like $550. C'mon folks, I didn't buy that wine.

If you haven't tried Oregon wine because you're a Burgundy lover, you might try something from 2005. Alcohol levels are on par with Burgundy at about 13%, there is very good acidity, and the wines are pretty well balanced. This is an Oregon vintage that can please Burgundy lovers. And one of them was excellent by any standard.

This is a wonderful wine that no one has heard of. Dark ruby-plum color. Full of dark fruits - boysenberries, blueberry hints, black currant - but this wine is predominantly about earth and an overpowering barnyard musk. My friend Gabe noticed a light pepper note, too, which is present on the midpalate. This wine leaves its perfume upon you

In case you're not familiar with Jenny & Francois , they import natural wines from all over France, from heavy hitters like Burgundy to unsung heroes like the Côtes de Duras (just northeast of Bordeaux, and considered Southwest France). But I might not buy a bottle at almost $30 - too much else happening in Burgundy.

2005 Burgundy! Like most wine lovers I've been awaiting the arrival of the 2005 vintage of Burgundy with baited breath. So I made my first foray north to pick out a case of 2005 Burgundy at Garnet on the Upper East Side, and to get my feet wet in this venerable (or venerably hyped) vintage. To the prices? How much should I buy?

Pale gold. Bright acidity. Black licorice, fennel seed, and white flowers - lily, white rose, daisy petals. Bees' honey and honey mellon, with light white-chalk texture. Excellent ballance and a bright long finish. stars

Wine 2 - Burgundy shaped bottle, deep impression on the bottom, small rectangle shaped label.It guessed the 2002 Louis Boillot Pommard 1er Cru Les Fremiers. Wine 3 - Burgundy shaped bottle, seemed kind of wider than most, felt like a white wine, and a minerally wine, something edgy. Do these people train for this? was wrong.

Following is a list of Brooklynguy's splurge wines from the past two years or so, some in the cellar, some just a memory, in order of price: 2002 Dominique Gallois Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers , $50, 2 bottles. 2002 Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux , $51, 2 bottles. Why $50? Good buy. Do I even drink Bordeaux?

So this is an investment, not just in the Burgundy type of cash, but also in cellar space. If you spend $55 on a Burgundy, are you definitely getting the finest example? Had I used this kind of thinking a few years ago I would have purchased and cellared some of the 2002 Le Bourg. This retails for approximately $35. Bordeaux?

Two holiday Burgundies worth mentioning. The 2002 Colin-Deleger Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers was much better. I'm in San Diego now at the in-law's place. My second round trip west coast flight of the week. This time I spiced up the 6 hour flight by bringing my 11 month old. She was wonderful, actually. No, I had no receipt.

This happens to me most often with Burgundy wines, as I have not yet had enough Champagne to be badly burned. In Burgundy, even in a "classic" (meaning not exceptional, but not bad either) vintage, a solid producer can sell wine, even village level wine, for over $50 a bottle. But Burgundy is hit or miss, and everybody knows it.

As I keep hearing (and learning for myself) about Burgundy - it's all about the producer. David of McDuff's Food and Wine Trail reaches into his cellar for a couple of 2002's by one of his favorite producers, André Bonhomme. Dr. Vino also tasted a regional wine , an Aligoté, the other white grape of Burgundy. hear that.

me this dish clearly deserves a Burgundy, but go with whatever you like. By the way, if you haven't yet checked out Bill Nanson's very fine piece on Gevrey-Chambertin in the Summer issue of Burgundy Report , you should. And global warming be darned, I'm enjoying it. Season the pieces with salt and pepper, set aside. And for the wine.to

mean, this stuff is more expensive at the entry level than Burgundy, so to be able to taste the whole lineup like this, to learn this much at one time about Grower Champagne, to determine which are the wines that I want for my own cellar.fughedabadit. Brooklynguy is in love with Champagne. What an opportunity! Too rich for you? Me too.

decided to focus on Champagne and Burgundy, and to taste whatever Loire wine I came across, but there are not many of those in the portfolio. 2002 Hermann J Wiemer Blanc de Blancs (8) I love this NY State winery's Rieslings, and it was fun to taste the sparkling wines. cannot enjoy myself that way. He owes a guest post, I would say.

must say, though, that I have not been as impressed by their recent offerings as I was by wines from 2002 and earlier. first tasted this wine in the company of a few phenomenal Burgundies, and it was clearly the inferior wine. I'm not taking sides in the rose debate. Instead I will just say that this is my favorite rose this summer.

Innocent's winemaker, will be doing two outrageous wine dinners jointly with Volnay Burgundy legend (in Mark's mind anyway) Jean-Pierre Charlot of Domaine Joseph Voillot (Volnay). Both dinners will feature 2005 red and white Burgundies from Voillot and 2005 Pinot noir and Chardonnay from St. Voillot 2002 Volnay 1er Fremiets / St.

Here are some notes on wines that did not get their own post: Burgundy 2005 Jean Manciat Macon Charnay Vieille Vignes , $21 (Chambers Street Wines). I've been recommending this wine to my friends who are looking to get into the 05 Burgundy game without breaking the bank. loved this wine back in March at the real Wine Attack Tasting.

He has a lovely looking 2002 1er Cru Meursault Les Charmes, but again, I don't feel quite right cracking open Deetrane's fancy wine. The wine was DELICIOUS, and it resembled good Burgundy Chardonnay far more than any California Chard I've had. 2002 Stony Hill Napa Valley Chardonnay , about $30 retail. know, sounds odd, right?

2002 Michel Colin-Deleger Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes - Such a pronouncedly different style from the Hafner. I'm lucky because my father in-law likes wine and keeps some good bottles in the house. was impressed with the two wine stores I went into. 500 bottles of wine in the bins! None of the primary fatty fruit remaining.

Since I never seem to be able to write here about all of the tasting that interests me (and that potentially would interest you), here is a roundup of interesting wines from the past month: Burgundy (yes - I still drink Burgundy wines, and still love them the most!) 2002 Sylvan Cathiard Vosne Romanee , $25 (secondary market).

Sad, because the good stuff is enchanting and reasonably priced, a steal when you consider the silly prices of white Burgundy, for example. 2002 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses , $17. 2002 Catherine et Pierre Breton Bourgueil Les Perrieres , $26. 2002 Clos Rougeard Les Poyeaux , $55. That's pretty intense. Enjoy

My 4's 2002 Domaine du Closel Savennieres les Coteaux Moelleux , $28 - this is a rare sweet wine from Savennieres, crafted only in certain vintages. loved the 2002 and 2003 vintages of this wine. Warning : this is a really long post you might need to read it over several days, or during one day in which you are really bored at work.

I've been on a serious Burgundy kick for almost 6 months now, since before BrooklynLady and visited the region. read more about Burgundy and Pinot Noir than about anything else that is wine-related. It has the depth of aroma and flavor, the elegance, the richness, and the power of Burgundy wines that command far higher prices.

Yeah, I'm compiling my value Burgundy list, but there is nothing there that can compare, in my opinion, with the the pleasure you can find in a $15 bottle of one of these young wines. I've been so focused on Burgundy lately that I haven't had a Loire red in a little while. Dark translucent garnet color, like a Burgundy wine.

Okay, you can stop feeling sorry for me now, and check out this neat bit of cooking we did the other night, paired well with a regional wine from Burgundy. In Burgundy, I was so glad to see chestnuts pop up so often on menus and in grocery stores. 2002 Domaine Joseph Roty Bourgogne Cuvee Presonnier, $28 at Crush.

Father-in-law stunned us by bringing to this dinner a bottle of mature Burgundy wine, a 1993 Volnay 1er Cru by Robert Ampeau, a producer I had never encountered. Silky texture, flavors of cooked red fruit and clay earth with some dried leaf character - an interesting and delicious mature Burgundy. Deep golden color, very inviting.

The lineup of white Burgundies certainly was impressive on paper, with notable wines at various stages of maturity. 2002 William Fevre Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru - Aromas of white flowers, wet stones, and lime. And what of the white wines? was not so impressed, though, overall. None of them really hit me where it counts. Pleasant.

We ate leftover roast lamb for dinner with butternut squash puree, and I opened a bottle of 2002 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Yamhill Cuvee. 2002 was a great year for Willamette Valley Pinots, and Domaine Serene is considered to be a top Oregon producer. 2002 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Yamhill Cuvee , $35. We are all miracles.

have been sampling some older experiments using this strategy, a few 2001 Pinots from Oregon and Burgundy, 2002 was considered the star vintage in both regions. This kind of thinking is especially important for me now that every few years it seems to be "the vintage of the century" in Burgundy (or Bordeaux, others too).

For example, 2002 was considered to be a great year in Burgundy and in Oregon, and the wines tend to be priced accordingly. In both regions, 2001 was not as highly regarded, particularly difficult in Burgundy where hail and limited sunlight wrecked havoc in certain areas. Same thing in Burgundy. Reliable producer?

I am starting to feel more comfortable as a consumer of Burgundy wine. tried a 1998 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne a few weeks ago and I really liked it, then the 2002 Bourgogne too. have much more of a sense of what I am looking for in a wine and I have a bit more confidence now when evaluating the selection at a store. Not good.

Oregon 2002 St Innocent Seven Springs , $32. It was, in fact, closed down, but even so, this clear dark purple wine exhibited the finesse, depth, mix of clean fruit, forest, and animal flavors and the balance of a fine Burgundy from the Cote de Nuits. 2002 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne , $26. Remondo , $24. Good acidity.

am not usually drawn to large negociant houses, but I read through Nikolai Vogel & Kilian Fitzpatrick's lovingly written descriptions of their Burgundy tasting trips. 2002 Domaine Charles Thomas Nuits St Georges , (price info lost). 2002 Moillard Grivot Moray St Denis 1er Cru Les Monts Luisants , E19. Well balanced, young.

Before sharing comments about this past weekend's food and wine, I want to mention a great series of posts I came across while searching online for help planning our Burgundy trip. German guy, I think, and his coworker at something called Black Ink visited Burgundy each year for 5 years and lovingly describe their wine and food experiences.

The highlight for me though was tasting 6 Burgundies, 3 of them Grand Cru wines. have never tasted Grand Cru Burgundy before and I'll tell you, it felt great - something I could get used to. The first Burgundy we tasted was maybe the best, a 1992 Compte Georges de Vogue Bonnes Mares. Pronounced lead. No finesse or elegance.

The wine list is called "eccentric" by reviewers, which means that there are no bottles from Bordeaux or Burgundy, even though almost every bottle on the list is French. BrooklynLady picked a 2002 Catherine et Pierre Breton Clos Senechal to go with our dinner that night and we loved it. But the food was excellent. love this wine!

These are impressive and serious wines, and represent an amazing value when considered with wines of equal quality from Burgundy, for example. Savennieres is one of the great Loire Valley appellations, producing amazing white wines made from the chenin blanc grape. Many wines made in Savennieres can improve for decades with cellaring.

It was very tasty wine, very low priced compared to Burgundy, and to a 21 year old who was just learning about wine, that Oregon label was a million times easier than dealing with the labels of Burgundy! tasted this alongside a 93 premier cru burgundy and a 2002 Moray St Denis. My favorite recent vintage is 2001.