Graham Nutter on Burgundy 2007
Our favourite wine producer from the Minervois, who has been drinking fine Burgundy for almost as long as we have been selling it, has sent over his impressions from our tasting last Thursday.
Our favourite wine producer from the Minervois, who has been drinking fine Burgundy for almost as long as we have been selling it, has sent over his impressions from our tasting last Thursday.
There are a couple of things I am always slightly apprehensive about telling people. Firstly, I absolutely hate Strictly Come Dancing.
Call me unromantic, but surely it feels like a done deal now? If my true love had done this well I would be tempted to let him off the last three days of presents.
In the words of Johnny Goedhuis, 2008 was a “miracle vintage” in Burgundy. For the ten days we were there, we tasted wonderful wines that were juicy, fresh, balanced and minerally pure.
When you tell people you are a wine merchant, they often assume your days are spent swanning around vineyards and indulging in esoteric discussions about the minutiae of viticulture. The reality is generally rather more mundane. We are running a...