That's real money, but it's pretty cheap as far as Burgundy goes. wanted to drink several examples of the best bottles to see if they are undervalued within the pantheon of Burgundy terroir, or if they are simply more of that overpriced but merely decent wine from Burgundy. Why Savigny-lès-Beaune? These can be rich, dense wines. MORE >>

loved this wine too, although it is definitely different from the other Lahaye wines I've had. Sigalas Gutierrez Colosía La Guita Marie-Noëlle Ledru Sherry Domaine Leroy Champagne Burgundy Santorini Benoît Lahaye SelosseWell, of the last few months anyway. So I'll compile them in a best-of-the-unposted list from the last part of 2011. MORE >>

began by reading and talking to friends, and this definitely served me well. 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. Wine fits in here too. And that's fine. But there just isn't. Who knows. MORE >>

And by the way, put this up against a lot of white Burgundy from the same year and this will come out ahead, as there is not even a hint of oxidation. The Fino was more assertive and more definitively structured, and a bit more pungent. I was lucky enough to be invited to Keith Levenberg 's BBQ again this year. Top notch wine. MORE >>

And because they have such thin skin, the juice to solid matter ratio is the opposite of what wine makers look for in, say, Burgundy. They combine the fruit forward spicy charm of a good cru Beaujolais with the complex woodsy perfume of red Burgundy, and the tannic structure of Nebbiolo. It is open and joyous and it is elegant too. MORE >>