Domaine Michel Gaunoux, bought from Envoyer mostly, and based entirely on stellar reviews for the top wines (Pommard Grands Epenots, Pommard Rugiens, and Corton-Renards) by both Meadows and Gilman. Now, to be fair, I believe we assessed the wines somewhat early (maybe a year ago for 99, 01, and 02’s), and they were not bad at all…it is just that my compatriots and I were not necessarily seeing the 94-95 plus scores, and they were more vocal than I about not buying more Gaunoux, while I was reserving judgement. So, we shall see.
Wouldn’t it be a whole lot easier to list Burgundy producers who have not disappointed you? 
Here’s a miniscule baker’s dozen of the unreliable, keeping it very short and only mentioning the most expensive prestipompous:
DRC
Leroy
Dujac
Perrot-Minot
Joseph Roty
Potswill (aka previously Potel)
Ponsot
Lucien Le Moine
Esmonin
Mortet
Meo-Camuzet
Mugnier (of course)
and a special place in the 7th circle reserved for
Dominique Laurent
Not mentioning major negociants like Bichot, Louis Latour, Drouhin; all of these are hit and miss, but wouldn’t it be great if their batting average was like a great baseball player’s… .300 would be an improvement.
Somebody said that the worst offenders were not imported.
I would reverse that.
A large majority of the best, most reliable, most consistent, most traditional, most unambitious producers have never been imported or sold in the U.S. I spend no time in the Cote de Nuits, so I’m talking of Cote de Beaune, Hautes Cotes, Chalonnaise and simple Bourgogne growers. It’s hard to go wrong if you just wander around Burgundy and stop at growers you have never heard of. Importing them through the 3 tier system is not practical.
Dan Kravitz
Michael: come out to Portland! …it will only take one.
-mark
Robert–for the record, it was 1995, 2001, 2002 Corton Renardes last July. Perhaps too young–not ready yet–much like older style de montille. Also a 1993 pommard Rugiens in 2010, but this I think was a flawed bottle. So not necessarily bad wine, but somewhat disappointing in that you seem to have to wait forever for what we’re not sure about. Yes, we shall see.
So I tend to segregate things into wines that are either poorly made or made in a style that I just don’t like, then wines that I still am unsure about despite buying burgundies for 28-30 years, and wines that I know I really like and seek out. Tend to stick with the last category.
Domaine Michel Gaunoux, bought from Envoyer mostly, and based entirely on stellar reviews for the top wines (Pommard Grands Epenots, Pommard Rugiens, and Corton-Renards) by both Meadows and Gilman. Now, to be fair, I believe we assessed the wines somewhat early (maybe a year ago for 99, 01, and 02’s), and they were not bad at all…it is just that my compatriots and I were not necessarily seeing the 94-95 plus scores, and they were more vocal than I about not buying more Gaunoux, while I was reserving judgement. So, we shall see.[/quote]
Robert–for the record, it was 1995, 2001, 2002 Corton Renardes last July. Perhaps too young–not ready yet–much like older style de montille. Also a 1993 pommard Rugiens in 2010, but this I think was a flawed bottle. So not necessarily bad wine, but somewhat disappointing in that you seem to have to wait forever for what we’re not sure about. Yes, we shall see.
So I tend to segregate things into wines that are either poorly made or made in a style that I just don’t like, then wines that I still am unsure about despite buying burgundies for 28-30 years, and wines that I know I really like and seek out. Tend to stick with the last category.[/quote]
I, alternatively, tend to seek out wines that are poorly made in a style that I just don’t like so that I am not unsure about them…works for me.