This weekend has seen me tasting 2006 Burgundy 1er and Grand Cru (red only) from the top Domaines and Negociants. The tastings have been held in Beaune over 3 days and have seen over 300 wines tasted blind in flights by village. There were ten tasters involved including the most important UK importers and UK journalists.
I started the tasting with high hopes for this vintage. Inevitably it has been over-shadowed by its predecessor and under appreciated in many quarters. First promoted as a top white wine vintage, the pinot noirs showed remarkably favourable qualities at the January tastings in London. The Cotes de Nuits centred on the Nuits vineyards -themselves showing wines of serious quality.
I started the tasting with high hopes for this vintage. Inevitably it has been over-shadowed by its predecessor and under appreciated in many quarters. First promoted as a top white wine vintage, the pinot noirs showed remarkably favourable qualities at the January tastings in London. The Cotes de Nuits centred on the Nuits vineyards -themselves showing wines of serious quality.
Watch this space as over the coming days as I will be posting my thoughts on the individual appellations.
