Help me "get" Burgundy

WINE TALK
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You guys are funny.

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Have you tried Romanée Conti yet? Or Leroy Musigny? It’s important to get a baseline, so I’d start there then work your way up to the big boys. It’s a learning process.

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Sorry - but you either do or you don’t. Nothing to “teach”
You are either receptive or you are not.

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^^^+1,
once the peacocks tail tickles your throat you will find everything that you seek

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I am not sure I agree with your statement, everyone is on the same path, some people have just done a few more laps than others

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At the risk of adding to the excellent comments already made: I doubt anyone can help you “get” burgundy via the internet. It’s not the sort of thing you can get from the written word. Find some burg nuts and hang out with them, and perhaps then you will get it. And if you don’t, don’t fret. As others have already said, there is neither a shortage of people who want to buy burgundy that needs to be addressed, nor a special merit badge you earn by joining that particular group of highly cultured intellectuals with massive moral and taste superiority over everyone else :wink:

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This was exactly the discourse I was hoping for. One of the reasons I like this community. Not to worry Michael, was being facetious myself. :slight_smile:

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I started doing research on wine pairing for foods involving the use of truffles or duck. Came across Burgundy and it took me about 4 different bottles before I got hooked (with the help of my trusty wine guy at my local store). The bottle that made me go “AHA” was actually a Premier Cru Givry. Then I tried a Premier Cru Morey Saint Denis and was full blow addicted after that. For Burgundy Chard it was Chablis and a Premier Cru Mersault Goutte D’Or that got me going. They definitely don’t call White Burg the crack cocaine of Chardonnay for nothing.

Anyways, ditto what most people here have been saying. Don’t force it. It has to just happen.

If you REALLY want to force it then start with Givry. Definitely the best QPR in the $15-$30 range for Burgundy Pinot. I’ve also found some great juicy QPR options from Santenay.

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Isn’t Burgundy a religion? [wow.gif]

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…and so if you want to ‘get’ Burgundy…

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I saw Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy. I laughed. I think I get it.

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Spend one week or more in the region, visiting producers and enjoying local cuisine with local wines (don’t go to a steakhouse, however, if you happen to find one). If after that you still do not “get” Burgundy then no worries, you still have all the other wines in the world for you to enjoy.

If the above is not possible right now, why don’t you go get a vintage of Drouhin Clos des Mouches that should be drinking well and take it from there? That was one of the wines that got me hooked.

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LOL WHAT IS THIS SAYING. I’m dying here.

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after getting outbid for a bunch of old burgs that will have a 50% drink-ability rate if I’m lucky? No, no I wont help.

Stay with Bordeaux, they make more.

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I actually asked this question not too long ago, and had been wondering for years. My answer came unexpectedly when I was in RN74 (RIP) for a quasi business meeting, saw a 1985 Guy Castagnier Clos de la Roche offered by the glass, and decided to take a flyer on it. Richness and intensity and funk and refreshing acidity all together and it was a bit of a surprise how good it was. I think age (& hence soundness) of the bottle is a big factor

Do Burgundy drinkers evolve into Chinon/Jura drinkers over time? Or is it the peak of connoisseurship and do people who reach it tend to stay there? I’m legitimately curious [stirthepothal.gif]

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If that happens, I might’ve inadvertently skipped the Burg phase and reached the nirvana level of Loire Cab Franc and Jura.

Well, not really skipped Burgundy, because I love a well-made and well-aged Burg, be it red or white, but as the prices climb higher day by day, I’ve given up on actively following Burgundy and moved onto wines that can offer same kind of intellectual pleasure at the fraction of the price.

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Billy,

IMHO one “can get” Burgundy only if tasting/drinking a really MATURE example of high quality.
That´s usually not available for less than 50,- , maybe not for less than 100,- - but more important that´s (now) not a 2009, 2010, 2012 vintage!

I recommend (2002), 2001 or older … a fine 2000 or 1997 …

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Burgundy is a minefield… Probably the most difficult region to understand…

Why? Simply because 95% of wines are crap… and 5 % are absolutely stellar and the best wines in the world

The wines that opened my heart for Burgundy are about 5 years ago:

  • DRC Echezeaux 1990
  • Rousseau Clos de Beze 1990
  • Leroy 2001

The problem is that for these stellar wines you need top Grand Cru terroir, top producer, top vintage… and they are produced in so small quantity compared to other regions, that they are extremely difficult to find, and if you find them, they are extremely expensive…

But I don’t regret this minefield road, as these few stellar wines are really stellar!!

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Not sure I agree with this

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laughable
(Your statement is totally false to a Burgundy lover)

@ the OP
Some people fall in love with Burgundy from the beginning.
Some people fall in love with experience.
Some people never fall in love with Burgundy.
You probably fall into one of these groups. [cheers.gif]

Taste, visit, pair with food.
I do agree that you need to taste a number of wines with age.