The title Bourgogne doesn\u2019t give one a lot of information.\u00a0 Basically the wines can come from any legitimate terroir within the entire appellation of Burgundy and quality can vary greatly.\u00a0 We surely like the pricing but value depends ultimately on what\u2019s under the cork.\u00a0 The back story here does a lot to set expectations. This firm was founded as a negocient back in 1865 and for a long period was a respected source of traditional Burgundy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2002, it was acquired by Ann Colgin (yes, that Colgin) and\nhusband Joe Wender. They brought in young winemaker David Croix, hooked up with\nsavvy importer Becky Wassermen, revamped the cellars and replaced a lot of old\nwood, including the introduction of a wooden press for the red wines, open\nwooden vats for fermentation. These days\nthey use little or no new oak and little racking. The winemaking pulls from\nboth traditional and modern methodology and the wines these days are much more\nsupple and approachable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you might expect, this is quite the ‘little’ Bourgogne.\u00a0 Certainly, the engaging 2017 vintage, ripe like 2015 but a little lighter on its feet, provided the kind of delectable fruit to play nicely into the program.\u00a0 Sourced from Bourgogne parcels in Volnay (climats<\/em> Long Bois, Mon Poulain), Gevrey-Chambertin and the C\u00f4te Chalonnaise (Moroges), all of which have clay-limestone soils, the Camille Giroud Bourgogne 2017<\/strong><\/a> delivers a punchy, bright mouthful of strawberry and cherry fruit laced with spice and lighter framed minerality.\u00a0 It sports deceptively power as Pinots go, and represents a classic expression of Burgundy for a surprisingly modest fare.\u00a0 A must for any Pinot Noir lover, it drinks nicely now with a little bit of air (something of a theme with the better 2017s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The title Bourgogne doesn\u2019t give one a lot of information.\u00a0 Basically the wines can come from any legitimate terroir within the entire appellation of Burgundy and quality can vary greatly.\u00a0 We surely like the pricing but value depends ultimately on what\u2019s under the cork.\u00a0 The back story here does a lot to set expectations. This … Continue reading “BOURGOGNE CHARMER”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[9,466,637,97,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}