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.
A true "Vin de France" - a blend of Pinot Noirs from the Languedoc (80%), Burgundy (10%) and the Loire (10%). A lively, >
"...It has an intense nose of black cherries, blueberry and light violet aromas, plus just a faint marine note in the background. >
2021 Savigny-lès-Beaune Rouge, Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard
Modern, elegant and pure, yet retaining an impressive structural core. The palate is bright, offering lush, crystalline >
"...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 >
Bright, bold, accessible, and built along elegant lines. Here is precision in intensely rich, dark fruit flavours, and in >
From the north of the village where there tends to be a better fruit definition, and a shade less tannin. This is very pretty >
It is our belief that everyone should have a case of Joseph Voillot's Bourgogne Rouge to enjoy. The pure nose of freshly >
True drinking pleasure: pretty, aromatic, lively, purely expressed pinot showing juicy, crunchy red fruit freshness and >
Frédéric Magnien pulls together the best of his premier crus from Morey-St-Denis to create this dark, rich wine. He blends >
The cool terroir of Hautes-Côtes de Nuits is shining brighter every year. A case in point is Léchéneaut's bottling, with >
"Excellent mid crimson. A wealth of ripe fruit leaps out of the glass. Perfumed heady cherries but retaining some tension. >
"...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 >
With 30% new oak and 50% whole bunch fermentation, the domaine's Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru La Perrière offers intoxicating, >
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
Now fully mature and displaying a lovely balance of fresh berry fruit, with a complex finish tinted with winter spice and >
A rare red from master Chassagne producer Jean-Marc Pillot. Pinot packed with loads of ripe, crunchy, cherry-scented fruit >
One of Savigny's oldest domaines, originally founded in 1529. Jean-Jacques has been producing wine here as the sole proprietor >