30 Second Wine Advisor: Wine Focus – Affordable Burgundy
February 4, 2011
Leading wine supplier in Philippines discusses wine related topics
About Burgundy Wine in Philippines
When many wine lovers think of Burgundy, the first thought that comes to mind is “complicated and hard to understand.” The second thought is “expensive.”
There’s some basis for this reaction. Great Burgundy is rarely cheap, and cheap Burgundy isn’t often great. Good buys are out there, but you have to work to find them.
In our Wine Focus topic for May, we hope to solve some of these mysteries as we seek affordable Burgundy, hoping to zero in on – and share information about – some happy exceptions to the “Burgundy is expensive” rule.
For purposes of this discussion, we’ll set the bar at about $30 U.S. or Canadian dollars; or, for participants in other countries, the approximate local equivalent – 20 Euros, 15 Pounds Sterling, 32 Australian dollars, and so it goes.
It’s easy to participate in Wine Focus: Find a good Burgundy for $30 or less. Taste it, then visit the online forum at
http://www.wineloverspage.com/forum/village/viewforum.php?f=18
and tell us about it. Or drop by the forum at any time to ask questions about Burgundy, or share your expertise.
To set the scene for the month, let’s revisit a “Burgundy quick reference sheet” that I put together for our Burgundy tour in 2004.
• WHERE: Most broadly defined, Burgundy runs north and south along the Saone river in France between the cities of Lyons and Dijon (plus Chablis, which is a good distance northwest of all the rest). The southern portion of Burgundy incorporates the Chalonnaise, Maconnais and Beaujolais regions; but when most wine enthusiasts speak of Burgundy, they are talking about the relatively small section around Beaune, just south of Dijon, where the hillside stretch called Cote d’Or incorporates the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune, where some of Earth’s most favored vineyards grow.
• WHAT: Called Bourgogne (“Boor-gon-yuh”) in French, Burgundy wines are almost invariably made from only two grape varieties: Pinot Noir for the reds, and Chardonnay for the whites. There are a few exceptions, like the Gamay grape in Beaujolais and the white Aligote and Pinot Blanc. We’ll talk about them another day.
• WHEN: In terms of the length and texture of its vinous history, Burgundy is one for the books. Legend asserts that the ancient Romans found vineyards here when they conquered Gaul in 50 B.C., and vine growing has carried on without a break for more than 2,000 years since: by monks in the Dark Ages through Charlemagne’s time, by dukes and barons thereafter, and by small farmers and entrepreneurs after the Revolution, when Napoleon’s empire broke up the old holdings of the church and the nobility, a policy further complicated by inheritance to create a jigsaw-puzzle map of tiny properties that befuddles wine enthusiasts to this day.
• WHY: What makes Burgundy so desirable? There is little debate that both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay reach their quality pinnacle in these relatively small places; and Pinot in particular, while one of the most challenging grapes to get right, is one of the most rewarding when it all works out. Two millennia of wine-making tradition and as much experience in selecting the best possible vineyard sites further contribute to the quality factor; and sheer rarity based on limited yields from tiny vineyards drives the supply-and-demand ratio for the most sought-after wines out of all proportion. Most of us will have little opportunity to taste the greatest Burgundies. But with a little effort and care, we can certainly enjoy some good ones.
Source: http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor2/tswa20080502.php
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