If someone wants to try a top of the line red burgundy at a ridiculous price to see what all the fuss is about but doesn’t want to pay the DRC ticket, what producer should he look at? Asking for a friend. Really!
From what’s not yet been mentioned; from recent vintages I would go for La Romanee (Liger-Belair), Cros-Parantoux (Rouget) or maybe Meo-Camuzet’s Richebourg. Or Leroy if they’re that way inclined.
For older wines there’s always Jayer…
Ed. yep - I see that some of these were already mentioned…
not to be Nathan here, but many of the wines mentioned are as stupidly priced as DRC now is. I got an offer for 99 Roumier Bonnes Mares today for $4000 per bottle. I paid about $110 on release.
If I were buying: Arnoux Suchots. Grand cru quality.
Do I look stupid? Don’t answer that. I said I was asking for a friend and I really meant it. He’s general counsel of a financial institution many of you have heard of. his wife, on the other hand, is more sensible and loves Saxum.
I don’t know. He asked me about Domaine Lamarche Grand Rue GC instead of unspecified DRC, which I knew nothing about, so we agreed to ask the question in the form I posed it.
jay
from all the years on the boards you really need help with this one?
the answers all seem pretty obvious unless you have a significantly different/lower price point in mind in which case maybe give a cap?