Tomber, on the way to rock star status?

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Just wondering if many on the board have taken “the fall” for Laisse Tomber (Bastian Wolber) wines of late?
Truly I’m a sucker for volnay to begin with and whenever I see rock star and young Burgundy winemaker in the same sentence, like Pavlov’s dogs, my hand instinctively reaches for the Amex…(think Leroux, P Girardin, Thiriet).

Inquiring as I was able to score a couple of Tomber 2023 volnays (new source as of '22) off a Bottle List email alert and a single of '22 found at Thatchers.

Regards,

Ardeis

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Whenever I see rock star and young Burgundy winemaker in the same sentence I run as fast as I fucking can, in the opposite direction. I can run 100m in about 50 seconds, so it 'aint that fast, but I’m outta there!

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He’s a nice guy, but I don’t expect Bastian to be the “next superstar” in Burgundy unless you lean quite natural in your preferences.

Also, isn’t it quite late for Ben Leroux to be on this list? He’s 50 and has been making wine under his own label for almost 20 years!

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Dang. So no Vinny dancer. Charlie lachaux. Etc ?

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Have you actually tried the wines, or are you just in for the hype?

If you’ve tried the wines, what are they like?

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I like them and him a lot. Not sure I get the hype but…

I sell them though.

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Hasn’t Vincent retired and passed the domaine on to Theo? Might be more of the Mick Jagger-rockstar variety there.

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He is part of a group of winemakers in Burgundy who are making wines that are influenced by the Natural wine world. Many of them are outsiders. In Bastian’s case he is from Germany and the brother of Christoph from Wasenhaus.

I love what they are doing. I think they have breathed new life into Burgundy.

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This is my rock star in volnay. I hope they aren’t a flash in the pan!

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Yessir. Theo the son’s name. Vinny dancer the producer name :slight_smile:

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Well, outsider is a bit relative - his brother is half of Wasenhaus and he’s working for Jean-Yves Bizot when not making his own wine (and he was briefly at Leflaive). One of the very fun things about Burgundy is that producers almost choose how cosmopolitan they want to be - it can still be a hyper-local place, or a very global place, and the differences can sometimes be stark when visiting two Domaines next to each other.

I completely agree with you that the new generation have given Burgundy a fun and interesting new dimension (regardless of what type of wine you like, even)! Amazing how Burgundy has changed in just a decade.

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Sounds like Chantereves.

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Relative, indeed. Many of these winemakers in this group are from the U.S., Japan, Germany etc. So not necessarily 2nd or 3rd generation winemakers.

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Yes, indeed - there’s a very nice community of these winemakers now, which was not at all the case a generation ago.

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If querying me, no haven’t not tried Tomber. Took a chance on the Bottle list offer. Limited CT notes and minimal mentions on here so thought I’d check the temperature for Wolber wines with a new post. Somewhat polarized, no surprise. I read enough enthusiastic comments to make me glad I purchased a few.

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Please post your impressions.