When it comes to sampling wine, I relish the opportunity to sample fine Burgundy. Elegant and complex, to me there is no place in the world that can produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay--or shall we say no place can produce wine--like Burgundy--and no place ever comes remotely close no matter how hard they try. Burgundian wine making is a combination of art and science - with winemakers deftly knowing how to handle what is thrown at them, and true to form, there is less of masking faults with toasted oak or extraction. By picking earlier and accentuating the terroir of the individual sites, growers in Burgundy typically provide a wide range of soil types and styles to showcase, from fruit-forward to more nuanced and soil-driven.
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