Burgundy Cru’s are excellent. You can also get excellent lower tier wines.
This little number has many excellent points, its light with lemon and minerality on the nose, it has subtle flavours of apple, vanilla, honey, citrus, its crisp, acidic and refreshing. It went very nicely with smoked salmon and cream cheese. At under £10 a bottle its very good value.
Signé Bourgogne Montagny, Burgundy, France
At £40 a bottle you expect something very special. A friend bought this round for a dinner party we were hosting.
There are delicate aromas of red fruits, redcurrant and hints of raspberries with an earthy and undertone. These come through in the taste but its subtle. Very smooth and elegant but pretty dry.
Its a premium Burgundy and not an everyday wine. We had it with a Norfolk Black Turkey and the extra flavour from this type of turkey worked very well with the light red fruit flavours but also took the edge off the dryness of the wine.
Would I spend £40 a bottle, no, its more my personal taste than anything else. I prefer cheaper fruit driven Pinot Noirs from Burgundy.
Gevrey Chambertin, Vieilles Vignes 2014 from Domaine Rossignol-Trapet in Burgundy, France
Macon Blanc Villages Terres Secretes is a value white burgundy wine. It’s a clear, clean looking wine. As with most dry white wine from the area it has aromas and flavours of citrus and yellow fruits and a little sweetness. It’s a good balanced wine that at £12 is fairly price for a white burgundy.
Macon Blanc Villages Terres Secretes 2017, Burgundy, France
Veuve Ambal’s Cremant de Bourgogne sparkling wine is
Veuve Ambal Cremant de Bourgogne sparkling wine, Burgundy, France