Burgundy scares me, but with the aid of my trusty Blackberry and CT, I found a really nice one at a very affordable price point. Anyone with Burg experience, I would love to hear from you on Ladoix, and QPR Burg (if that’s not an oxymoron) in general. I am completely oblivious to Burgundy, but would love to dive a little deeper.
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2003 Chevalier Père et Fils Ladoix - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Ladoix (6/5/2009)
Got a taste for something light and earthy, and red tonight, so I did what I typically fear doing…I walked down the Burgundy isle. I had a price point in mind, so as I slowly perused each bottle, I would check into CT to see what others here thought. Based on previous notes, this fit both the description of what I wanted, the price, and what I could only hope to be the relative quality. Popped and poured but drank over about 5 hours. Initially, the nose was chalked full of sauteed mushrooms and damp earth, with ripe plums and some cherry underneath. As it took the air the mushrooms took a back seat to the lovely ripe fruits, soft flowers and eucalyptus. As a previous taster notes, I found some stewed raisins on the initial taste, but this blew off with air as well. This left nothing but a really balanced and enjoyable mix of ripe red fruits, plums, earth and eucalyptus leaves into the long finish. At $28 this is a steal of a burgundy in my opinion and it exceeded my expectations. (91 pts.)
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P.S. - I love the new integration with CT. So easy!