Burgundy dinner

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Last night I looked up what Clive Coates had to say about Arlaud wines. He said he has had some fine wines at the top of the line but some of the wines lower on the scale seemed slight. (Arlaud produces village wines as well as premier and grand cru wines). That makes me feel a little better about my attraction to the wines but doesn't really answer whether they are faithful to terroir. Mr. Coates also said Arlaud destems 90% of his grapes, and uses about 10% new wood. He sales some of the juice in bulk and bottles the rest. I think he said he spends 12 to 14 days vinifying and bottles after 18 months to two years.