Help us with some French Burgundies please

[Innkeeper]

Hi Robert, and welcome to the Wine Board. I'm far from being a Burgundy expert, and hopefully a couple of them will come along.

Having said that one thing I do know for sure is that buying Burgundy these days is a gamble. There are many reasons for this including the fragmentation of vineyards due to inheritance, and various crackdowns and regulations by the EU, among others. What this has resulted in is a wine may be wonderful one year, and be terrible the next not entirely due to weather.

If you are happy with the left coast Pinots you are currently drinking, stick with them. You might venture into the offerings from Australia and New Zealand, some of which are exciting, but rarely in the under $20 range. They are made more in the American than the French style.

One Burgundy that stays quite consistent year in out comes from the large negociant Joseph Drouhin. His Laforet (Pinot Noir) is widely available, and sells for around $12-$14.