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With leftover chicken, broccoli stem pickles, and salad, the 2006
Drouhin "Vero" Bourgogne (rouge). Lighter side of pinot, red cherries and strawberries, some floral notes, bright acidity, light tannins. Tasty, but not especially deep or complex. A fair deal at $15, though nothing to get excited about. B Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency. |
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![]() "DaleW" > wrote in message ... > With leftover chicken, broccoli stem pickles, and salad, the 2006 > Drouhin "Vero" Bourgogne (rouge). Lighter side of pinot, red cherries > and strawberries, some floral notes, bright acidity, light tannins. > Tasty, but not especially deep or complex. A fair deal at $15, though > nothing to get excited about. B I had this new years eve and thought it was pretty good. I realized later this was my first French pinot. I read later this was a new direction for Drouhin, assembled from grapes from their properties all over Burgundy (though it sounded like a marketing driven product). Could you recommend some 'next steps' in expanding my experience with French pinot noirs? TIA, Jon |
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On Feb 17, 10:38*am, "Zeppo" > wrote:
> "DaleW" > wrote in message > > ... > > > With leftover chicken, broccoli stem pickles, and salad, the 2006 > > Drouhin "Vero" Bourgogne (rouge). *Lighter side of pinot, red cherries > > and strawberries, some floral notes, bright acidity, light tannins. > > Tasty, but not especially deep or complex. A fair deal at $15, though > > nothing to get excited about. B > > I had this new years eve and thought it was pretty good. I realized later > this was my first French pinot. I read later this was a new direction for > Drouhin, assembled from grapes from their properties all over Burgundy > (though it sounded like a marketing driven product). > > Could you recommend some 'next steps' in expanding my experience with French > pinot noirs? > > TIA, > Jon I think the Vero is indeed drawn from assorted Drouhin properties, mostly lesser appellations, but some young Chambolle and Volnay fruit, too. The problem (ok, one of many problems) with Burg recs is unlike Bdx or Napa, few wines made in big quantities. So without knowing where you shop, hard to know what you could find. On same price level as the Vero, you can probably fine solid Bourgognes from good negociants like Potel or Dominique Laurent (the latter famous for heavily oaked wines, but that seems to be the upper wines,. his Bourgogne #1 doesn't usually show much oak). A bit more buys you Bourgognes from some good growers- I tend to buy Lafarge, Chevillon, Bachelet, Barthod, Marechal. If you want to explore individual village wines, you could try: Drouhin's Chorey Bize, Marechal or Pavelot's Savigny Bart's Fixin Lafouge's Auxey-Duresses Of course, tastes differ. I don't like Frederic Magnien much, but other people love, and well-priced. |
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![]() "DaleW" > wrote in message news:fa3de85b-56c1-457a-The problem (ok, one of many problems) with Burg recs is unlike Bdx or Napa, few wines made in big quantities. So without knowing where you shop, hard to know what you could find. On same price level as the Vero, you can probably fine solid Bourgognes from good negociants like Potel or Dominique Laurent (the latter famous for heavily oaked wines, but that seems to be the upper wines,. his Bourgogne #1 doesn't usually show much oak). A bit more buys you Bourgognes from some good growers- I tend to buy Lafarge, Chevillon, Bachelet, Barthod, Marechal. If you want to explore individual village wines, you could try: Drouhin's Chorey Bize, Marechal or Pavelot's Savigny Bart's Fixin Lafouge's Auxey-Duresses Of course, tastes differ. I don't like Frederic Magnien much, but other people love, and well-priced. __________________________________________________ ______ Many thanks for your recommendations, Dale, which I've saved. I've been trying to "get into" Burgundies (I generally drink Bordeaux) but nearly every time I try the recommendations of the wine shops here, I feel that I've wasted my money and go back to clarets. As an example, recently, I took a bottle of '02 Savigny les B to a friend's (Jadot, Les Guettes) and it was disappointing to say the least. No nose to speak of and quite short. In other words an expensive, stand-up, party wine. The following evening, I tried the '04 Pavelot Les Peuillets with much the same experience. A few days later I tried the '05 Potel PN, just a generic Burgundy, and was rewarded a very decent wine with raspberry/strawberry and tealeaf on the nose, red fruits in the mouth and a decent length and it was 2/3 the price of the SlBs. Other, even cheaper French PNs have also proved to be more enjoyable. Graham |
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