so my collegues voted for the theme for hte next tasting and we are going t o contrast the last "new world" tasting with burgundies, focusing on wines I read to be more on the leathery and earthy side than fruity.
It is an interesting tasting for me as well , as I do not know these wines, except the one I bought to test recently (Cornu Ladoix), which was the bes t I ever had.
It is hard to pick a few wines to get a nice teaser of Cote Beaune vs Nuits ( and then also the other regions south of them), producers interpretation s of same fields etc. Had to sacrifice some "versusses". But I tried to lim it the producers to see if we can split the crowd as to which producer is f avourite, and to get some "line vertical" comparisons to see what differenc es we get when we have the same producer getting grapes from certain fields and buying more nad more as we step up, limit to a few vintage differences , some cru comparisons.
Combination of availability and research I came up with this list:
Drouhin Moulin a vent, beaujolais 2013
Drouhin Laforet 2013 Cornu and fils bourgogne 2012
Drouhin Chorey les beaune 2012 Cornu and fils Ladoix vielles vignes 2010
Cornu and fils Ladoix Les Carriers 2012 Cornu and fils Ladoix 1er cru La Corvee 2012
Jérôme Chezeaux Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Rue de Chaux 2010
Any insights, funny stories, comments on the running order?
The store guy had a funny story that the Cornu and fils Ladoix vielles vign es will be recognizably closer in style to the Nuit st. Georges than the Le s Carriers, as the field it is from is crossing the border to cote nuits. So I wonder if I should break the vertical order and have the vielles vigne s second last?
I went for Jerome 1er cru instead of a Drouhin 1er cru simply because the p rice for Drouhin went up drastically for 1er cru, and those in the same pri ce range did not sound as appealing as the Jerome.
Im also contemplating what snack food to use for a tasting like this.