Burgundy Red Wine
The perfumed, light, berry-fruited Burgundy red wine is invariably made from 100% pinot noir. For centuries, here is where the vinifying world has been taught to cultivate what many in it consider to be the noblest of all red varietals. This is because over these same centuries, Burgundy's tightly knit patchwork of vineyards has been home to the grape's most diverse expressions and indeed to the most sublime, exclusive and coveted cuvées on earth. No-one has worked pinot vine as have the Burgundians. As a tribute to this history and dazzling diversity, here we have selected from a handful of appellations to bring you a delicious cross-section of premium and less expensive Burgundy red wine for your drinking pleasure.
From vines found in Comblachien, very close to Nuits-St-Georges, there is an unmistakable quality here. Reflecting brilliantly >
"...It has an intense nose of black cherries, blueberry and light violet aromas, plus just a faint marine note in the background. >
From the north of the village where there tends to be a better fruit definition, and a shade less tannin. This is very pretty >
An excellent mixture of natural ripeness, almost black fruit and a raspy and elegant texture, opened aromatics and fine-grain >
Fruit from old vines averageing 65 years for stunning quality here: beautifully smooth and juicy, with very lightly grippy >
Modern, elegant and pure, yet retaining an impressive structural core. The palate is bright, offering lush, crystalline >
2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune Rouge, Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard
Restrained at first, then gradually a plethora of aromas. Perfumed with plump, ripe cherry and redcurrant fruit; highly >
2018 Moulin-à-Vent 'En Morperay', Domaine A.F. Gros
"...Lively bright purple with a very classy nose. Rich fruit in perfect balance, filling the mouth with a coherence superior >
Assertive, with a core of black fruit as background to stunning, lifted floral aromatics, violets and periwinkle. Such great >
"...Jaffelin Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, from the smallest of the great Burgundy négociants, is a complete delight. >
This is a very impressive and stylish wine, which seems to get better with every vintage. The pronounced tannins here will >
Florence Heresztyn and her Champenois husband Simon Mazzini have made a spectacular set of wines most of which are made >
Frédéric Magnien pulls together the best of his premier crus from Morey-St-Denis to create this dark, rich wine. He blends >
"The 2017 Morey-Saint-Denis Les Millandes 1er Cru matures in 30% new oak with 70% whole bunch fruit from the 70-yeor old >
2017 Morgon 'Cote du Py', Jean Foillard
A rare red from master Chassagne producer Jean-Marc Pillot. Pinot packed with loads of ripe, crunchy, cherry-scented fruit >
"...a well-defined nose of blackberry, hickory and boysenberry fruit. The palate is sweet on the entry with a slightly honeyed >
2018 Côtes de Nuits Villages Rouge, Domaine Philippe Livera
Just below Grand Cru Mazis-Chambertin, Clos Prieur is a lovely 1er Cru and an interesting contrast to Petite Chapelle. Perhaps >
Such delicious fruit here: lifted raspberry, subtly structured, pretty and quite opened in a Beaune pinot that is also very >
A simple, joyful core of fruit in this velvety-textured, rich and ripe yet aromatically lifted Bourgogne Rouge. Careful >
Darker in style, with greater intensity and rich morello cherry flavours; perfumed, and so expressive, so rounded, it could >
