Hi All - if you were to arrange an ideal horizontal tasting across say five of burgundy’s villages for friends who are just getting into it, which producers (non-negociant) would you choose?
Looking to land the most neutral representation of each terroir as possible in an effort to avoid nuances like Fourrier’s Gevreys being Chambolle-like or Arlaud’s Chambolle being more masculine.
The only producer I can think of is Coquard Loison (as I would get Vosne, Chambolle, Gevrey, and Morey), but surely I am missing out on others? I had also thought older Jadot, but that’s hard to source same vintages for. Appreciate any thoughts!
Jadot comes to mind, but why are you saying it has to be aged vs another producer? Sourcing a recent vintage would obviously be much easier for any producer…
A few where the wines taste very different from village to village
Hudelot-Noellat - Vosne Romanee and Chambolle
Henri Jouan - Gevrey, Chambolle and Morey
Mugneret Gibourg - Vosne Romanee and Nuits St. Georges
It might be interesting to combine Yvon Clerget (Volnay and Pommard) with HN as Thibaud Clerget worked some for Charles Van Canneyt of Hudelot-Noellat before going back to run his family estate. I have not had the Clerget villages Pommard, so I cannot comment on the differences between the Pommard and the Volnay.
If I had to pick just one of these estates, I would do the three wines from Jouan. Once when I tasted the three side by side (2010 vintage), the wines really tasted different from each other.
Good point - more that I haven’t tried much Jadot from the Barniere era / friends might be spooked by the Jadot label also adorning $10-15 bottles at the bodega. If quality still high though, would definitely look into
When you say neutral, I assume that you mean that:-
Each terroir receives same wine making
Picking is at same baume
Oak treatment the same
One challenge that you face is that there are very few producers who have plots across each appelation.
Jadot and Faiveley do, however some are negociant fruit and some are their own vineyards, which further complicates the concept of neutral.
Jadot has a house style, but it is pretty consistent across appelations.
It is also common for new oak influence to increase as you progress up the heirachy for many producers.
I’d recommend Hubert Lignier. A lot of what’s available are lieu-dits, but there are some assemblage labels as well. I do think those bottles would give you a great read on the differences of the villages and they aren’t insane price wise.