The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Affordable Burgundies
May 15, 2024
White
2022 Cave de Lugny Macon Villages La Cote Blanche; Color: light green; Aroma: some light fruitiness, clean light, lifted; Mouth: juicy, fruity, clean, pretty, nice acid rounded complete in a very light vein; Surprisingly Good $14.99; Case, $12.99
2021 Maison Matisco Vire-Clesse; Aroma: deep rather full, more richness than their other offerings; Mouth: deep full plummy, nice balance, full and long; Very Good Plus $25.99; Case, $21.99
2022 Goisot Bourgogne Cote d'Auxerre; Color: very pale yellow-green; Aroma: rounded green apple and pear, intense spice, sweet and heady, aromatic; Mouth: clean, full fat steely mineral, good acidity, dark, long; Very Good Plus $28.99; Case, $24.99
2022 Goisot Bourgogne Aligote; Color: very pale green; Mouth: bright, clean light acid on entry, nice acid, forward, lime and stone, very long crisp finish; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.99
Red
2019 Domaines de la Tassee d'Or Bourgogne Hauts Cotes de Nuits; Color: very dark; Aroma: light, fresh, juicy, rounded, full, savory; Mouth: smooth, clean, fine acid full, and fat, in the middle, with Burgundian tension underneath clean mineral, soft on the finish; Very Good Plus $24.99; Case, $21.25
2022 Justin Girardin Bourgogne Pinot Noir; Color: very dark, Aroma: very dark, heady, deep, sweet Pinot, forward berry -leather; Mouth: juicy bright, clean fine acid, firm clean bright, direct, long finish; Very Good Plus $29.99; Case, $25.49
Affordable Burgundy Sampler
Two bottles of each$249 A bit over $20 per bottle
Or mix and twelve at their case prices
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