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Originally Posted by Cancuk
Kdawg:
Recommend me some solid, reasonably priced Burgundy producers year in and year out. Producers of both white and reds. Producer doesn't have to be widespread/popular.
In any other region I would say, "cheap" instead of "reasonable", but this is Burgundy.
I know that this is going to sound ridiculous, but Louis Jadot is actually very good for both white and reds. Once you get past their bottom of the end bottlings, they are easily the best negociant, and they make some very profound wines. I haven't had their Le Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet, Chambertin, Musigny, or a Bonnes Mares yet, but I've had a handful of their grand crus along with all sorts of their 1ers and village wines, and they are actually very consistent
now, onto more percieved serious producers, with beaune reds, Ch. Chorey-Les-Beaune is a great producer. They mostly make Beaune 1ers and I've really liked what they bring for the money. If you haven't had that many Beaune 1ers, they are definitely worth a go.
D'angerville is great for volnay and JM Boillot makes great pommards. I also like Nicholas Rossingol for Pommards too
another controversial producer that I enjoy is Dominique Laurent. I haven't gotten all of the woody problems that other burg drinkers get from them, but granted, I haven't tasted that many young laurents, so the oak does seem to integrate with time.
I haven't had enough of their grand crus to makes that much of an opinion, but I can say that I was able to get their 02 Clos De La Roche(CdR in acronymn terms) for a great price(sadly they sold really fast) and baby killed it, and it was pretty damn awesome. I've had a lot of their Premier crus and have enjoyed them a lot
if you want pure terroir and femine styled Chambolles, then look to Ghislane Barthod. She makes some great wine, and I've noticed that her wines are fairly reasonable for a excellent producer. She makes more burg drinkers wines, so that may be why the prices on her wines aren't too bad(in relative burg terms of course)
one of my personal favorites is Jean Grivot. That is a great house and I've had a lot of really good grivots and am currently sitting on some 99 VR Beaux Monts since I only have three of them, so I'm gonna wait another 3 or 4 years before popping the first one.
I've noticed that not a lot of people have tried Frederic Magnien, and I've certainly enjoyed his wines. I'm assuming he is a cousin, son, nephew, or whatever that broke off from teh Magnien family and started making his own wines because I can't find anything of his before 99 or 98 I think. I like them because they are terroir driven. Maybe I've just been lucky that some of the places in chicago have had them, but I've certainly been glad that they have
for whites, Its a work in progress. I have tasted a woeful amount of chablis, and that really needs to change, especially since there is a sick amount of value from chablis(well, outside of Raveneau)
most of the whites that I've had are from higher end producers like Sauzet, Colin-Deleger, Bonneau Du Martray, etc. I haven't truly delved into white burgs as much as I'd like, which is also to say that I'll never fully delve into white burgs as much as I'd like as there just isn't enough time in the day/year/lifetime for me to drink as much white burgundy as I'd like
. I really want to drink a hell of a lot more white burgs in the upcoming year because that bug has hit me harder then the red burg bug
this page is invaluable for getting into aged white burgs, especially with the premox problems that have plagued them since 95/96. I've added in on it myself