I do enjoy Burgundy, and have a decent number of bottles, but overall collect and drink a lot more Bordeaux…
But I have friends, and I am very fond of them, who spend large percentages of income on incredibly expensive bottles, and pay huge sums for tiny increments of improved quality. This obsession is just plain weird, and makes sense only to fellow Burgundy nuts.
Please note, I am having fun, which Bordeaux drinkers can have when talking about their strange Burgundy loving zealot friends.
Riesling nuts laugh in German
Everyone talks about budget Burgundy but ignore similar wines which would scratch any Burgundy itch at a third or quarter the price. Just no cachet I guess.
This isn’t true. There are plenty of threads with significant post counts discussing California, Oregon and other wines from around the world as Burgundy-esque. We did a blind tasting with Goodfellow in NYC that was organized by WB folks with much enthusiasm. And to your post, most of those threads devolve into “they aren’t Burgundy and that’s OK”.
…and happy to be shown a wine that scratches the La Tache or Rousseau Chambertin itch at 1/3 the price! (But DM me when you do…)
Rousseau Clos st Jacque? 
I wish it was still regularly accessible at 1/3 and I wish it was as good as Chambertin!
This is incorrect, and a bit insulting. Real burgundy lovers drink across the board, to begin with, and, when climbing the echelons, cachet means nothing at all, only what you smell and what you taste. There is NOTHING else that scratches the great Burgudy itch, not at any price. I can’t afford it anymore, and so drink many delicious wines that cost less instead, most of the time, some of which also come from burgundy, but nothing on earth recreates that heartrending experience. So I have resigned myself to drinking very well, loving what I drink, but being a little…itchy.
I love burgs. Have never had a DRC or a Rousseau or anything in that tier. I drink well, and don’t feel like I am missing anything.
i mean… does ‘scratch the itch’ mean ‘as good as’? 
if so then nothing is la tache at 1/3 the price 
And I’m happy to be shown the opposite in a tasting rather than a DM 
Is that because they have nothing else interesting to talk about? like the wines they are drinking?
because they are the same boring shit bottle after bottle… you basically know what you are gonna taste the moment you plan the gathering? no heart, no soul, no excitement, so the only fun is talking shit about real wine drinkers? I guess that could be it? #askingforafriend
Personally, as a young(ish) wine drinker, I am holding out for a few changes in wine zeitgeist. 200 years ago, the pinnacle was drinking Port and Madeira. 100 years ago, German Riesling was the pinnacle. Bordeaux always ebbs and wanes.
I’m hoping 40 years from now everyone will be spending $20,000 on Argentinian Malbec and DRC is back to <$100 like it was in the 1980s so I can actually taste it.
You just need to make better wine friends.
Let’s do that! Let me know what works
You are in NYC - lots of us here, including me, happy to have you join us out
Alex, before making that kind offer you should know that I’m not claiming to have the 1/3 of the price bottle, and I’m not afraid of failing whatsoever.
On the other hand I’d be more than happy to share any bottle(s) with you without it having to be any La Tache or Rousseau Chambertin involved, whenever there’s a possibility for it.
We are on the same page
Disagree. I know several which at $30-40/bottle die hard Burgundy fans consider dead ringers and better than most village and many 1er cru.
I don’t doubt you have some burgundy friends who are satisfied with those wines. My objection is the statement that “any” burgundy lover would agree (patently false) and the assertion that it’s about needing cachet. That’s the insulting part.