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ALONG THE BURGUNDY TRAIL – VINTAGE 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS This Along The Burgundy Trail – Vintage 2015 article features an Introduction followed by a 2015 Vintage Report and then a list of Domaines and Negociants Visited. Next is Wines Tasted and Tasting Notes with notes on wines tasted at 12 producers during November 2016. These include some of the very […]
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I once read that a famous singer said that the only wine he drank was Romanée Conti. Now, I have no idea if he meant the vineyard or the Domaine. And, there is a difference. One is the top-rated vineyard in Burgundy that produces only about 400 cases in an average year. Romanée Conti has produced great wines over a very long period of time and sells at a great premium to other Burgundies (currently about $3-5,000 a bottle for recent vintages).
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A few years ago, my friends and contributing editors, Edward Lazarus and John Brincko, and I, along with John’s wife, Debbie, and my wife, Laurie, decided to form a group dedicated to drinking old Burgundies from our cellars. We named the group The Old Burgundians, not because of our ages, but because of the old Burgundies that would be our focus.
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