This is on sale this week at 26E. In my recent obsession about finding a bu rgundy that can be paid for with human money, this looks like a good one to investigate:
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The oak profile looks like my style, tasting notes on cellartracker confirm s it, with words like earthy, leather, chalky, wood, mineral, forest floor, and also the curious barnyard and funk Im curious about, instead of just " fresh and red berries" like others in its price range I've investigated.
Michael Nielsen wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:
I like Santenay as poor's man Burgundy from Cote d'Or. Some of the wines are very nice for a decent price (at Burgundy standards), and you can get an old vines or 1er cru for a fraction of the price of a Vosne-Roman?e village wine.
I do not know the producer and producer is one very important thing in Burgundy, sometimes more than the specific category of the vineyard.
Which vintage? There is a lot of difference between vintages in Burgundy. 2007 is difficult for red wines from Cote de Beaune, 2008 is very fresh and acid based (you'll find it lean), 2009 is ripe, 2010 is a structured one with plenty of everything but probably needs time, though not for Santenay, 2011 is another ripe vintage, 2012 is fresher, have not tasted 2013 yet.
I like Santenay as poor's man Burgundy from Cote d'Or. Some of the wines are very nice for a decent place, and you can get an old vines or top wine for a fraction of the price of a Vosne-Roman?e village wine.
That would be a pity, as I popped it, and smelled the cork. very promising smell of date-sirup, tobacco and cedar. poured a bit, and very promising smell, but the taste was quite closed. So its in the decanter now.
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