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Village level Burgundy drinking windows - 11/19/2023 5:11:31 PM   
khmark7

 

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Status: offline 		How long do you wait before opening these? I'm just looking for a standard guideline that people might follow if you purchase from a new producer whom you are not familiar with.

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RE: Village level Burgundy drinking windows - 11/19/2023 6:17:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		The irritating (but correct) answer is, dpends on village, producer, and vintage.
Many drink well young, but most can age for decades.

Conventional wisdom used to be 7-10 for most village wines but the combination of a number of factors like changing winemaking styles and changing climate might make that wisdom obselete.

I opened 05 village Savigny from Chandon de Briailles recently--not even close to ready imo.
But Pavelot Savigny drinks well young.
Camus-Bruchon also.
I like Guillemont, Jacob, Chenu, and Bize at that 7-10 year point

And that's just one village...



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RE: Village level Burgundy drinking windows - 11/20/2023 5:38:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		The vintage variation in Burgundy is something that is totally lost on me, unlike Bordeaux where I have a good feel for each vintage and I can try loads of wines at the local UGC tasting.

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RE: Village level Burgundy drinking windows - 11/20/2023 9:33:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		A lot of Burgundy vintages are delicious early drinkers. And if you like this kind of wine, then Village level or perhaps single vineyard is a great price point. I think it is worth the expense to get village level rather than 'Bourgogne' for early drinking as even when the wine is young, you get the village terroir characteristics.

So I drink quite a bit of village and single vineyard wine (non cru) early and keep a small portion for aging. Pommard,Gevrey-Chambertin and Chassagne-Montrachet (red) are my go-to villages for this. The bulk of wines that are aging in my cellar are premier cru Burgundy. I can't afford much GC.

An early drinking style in an early drinking vintage (like 2017) is perfect from 3 to 7 years. Most of my 2017 village is gone.
I will be be trying my favorites from 2020 starting now.

I would say that if you are not sure about the wine - try it at the 3 year age. If you don't like it then, it's not made for early drinking.

You could be someone who just doesn't like young Burgundy - but even then - I'm not certain that it is worth the effort to age a village level Burgundy unless the village is Vosne-Romanee. When I buy Vougeot, Chambolle-Musigny or Volnay - I usually get premier cru.

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RE: Village level Burgundy drinking windows - 11/20/2023 4:45:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like them 7-10.

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