Burgundy can be a confusing piece of France: regions, appellations, sub-appellations, vineyard specificity.\u00a0 The basics are pretty easy to grasp: the white grape is Chardonnay and the red grape is Pinot Noir, after that the head starts to spin.\u00a0 We can talk about the 5 regions: Chablis & Grand Auxerrois; Cote de Nuits; Cote de Beaune; Cote Chalonnaise; Maconnais … but the key here is to find a region or sub-appellation or something else you can hang your hat on and stick with it.\u00a0 I have to admit that before today I had no idea where I really stood in the world of Burgundy wines – but looking back at various Vintages releases I started to notice my poking fun at the name of a certain sub-appellation.\u00a0 As it turned out I was crazy ’bout a Mercurey (or many of them).\u00a0 Not sure crazy is the word, but I sure did like them.\u00a0 I decided to take this opportunity to see if it was a fluke of the releases or that I truly had found my Burgundy region of choice.<\/p>\n
Crazy or Not …<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n
I focused my attention on the red Mercurey (Pinot Noirs).\u00a0 I found 8 within the room, and discovered, after tasting, I was a fan of 7 of them.\u00a0 What a revelation – I can now say I like Pinot Noir from the sub-region of Mercurey (part of the Cote Chalonnaise) – here were my top 5 wines:
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