Yes. If you had to choose between drinking only wines from Côte de Beaune or Côte de Nuits for the rest of your life -
What would your choice be - and why?
I’m interested to see what preferences members have here. Would you choose one over the other because you have a favourite village, or producer,
or style, because of drinking primarily reds/whites? etc etc.
I’m currently too new into Burgundy to answer myself. I would say, though, that my current focus is Beaune reds, but I want to try a diversity of wines.
Had to choose - Nuits.
The only reason is I think other places on the planet can provide acceptable substitutions to much of Beaune reds (not Volnay) and I am less inclined to chase top white burgundy for the past 15 years.
When I have an itch for specific Vosne, Chambolle or Gevrey, nothing in the world is a substitute for those.
So I’d have to stop drinking whites almost entirely? That seems like a terrible trade. I’d be quite happy with a consistent diet of Carillon BBM and old Potel Volnay.
Based on the balance in my cellar, Nuits dominates (65% to 35%) so I take Nuits. My current Beaune holdings are 88% White and 12% red so, as it was mentioned earlier in the thread, this is really a white vs red choice for me. Forced to choose, I would forgo Beaune and replace the whites with Champagne, Jura, Riesling etc. While not a perfect substitute it’s better than the alternative.