Help us with some French Burgundies please

[wondersofwine]

I really like Bruno Clair's style so would normally recommend the Marsannay (I have had his rose' wine from Marsannay and it was excellent). However, the '03 summer in Europe was very hot and the grapes and resulting wine may not be typical. You can drink most 2002 and 2003 now before they go into a closed phase. If you don't drink them this year you might want to hold them until 2010 or 2011 when they should emerge again (actually that rule of thumb is more for the Premier Cru wines. Some of the village wines may be for earlier drinking and may be over-the-hill by 2010.)