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winophite · 06-10-2006, 10:19 AM,

As I'm coming to understand from books I've read, vintages of Burgundy wines can be critical to the quality of the wine. I want to try a white, perhaps Puligny-Montrachet or a Chablis, (if not too $$$) but I don't seem to have a reference for good years beyond 1995! Do you know of any particularly good vintages, or more importantly any bad ones to avoid? I'm afraid my retailer would might be biased and recommend whatever they want to sell. Thanks for your input.
Winophite

Innkeeper · 06-10-2006, 11:10 AM,

Of recent vintages '02 is best. '04 is almost as good, and '03 should be avoided.

winophite · 06-10-2006, 04:24 PM,

Well, I've kind of had to wing it because I had the itch to buy something. I've purchased a 1998 Chablis Grand Cru- Valmur by Jean-Claude BESSIN. I couldn't find a bottle of Puligny-Montrachet under 80 bucks at my local store. I'll probably look for a wine specific store in Indianapolis for my next purchase, (other than the global wine club on wines.com I recently joined). I'm not sure what to expect from this Chablis but hopefully I'll enjoy it. I'm hopeing to get my wife to like something besides dessert wines so we'll see. Thanks.
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Innkeeper · 06-10-2006, 04:56 PM,

I hope you realize that a Chablis is much more austere than a Montrachet. Flinty and steely are typical descriptors.

winophite · 06-10-2006, 05:40 PM,

Given that info, sounds like the little woman may not like this one. Maybe if I save it for seafood night... I however tend to find some good in everything and hopefully wont be too dissapointed.
Thanks
winophite

VouvrayHead · 06-10-2006, 10:34 PM,

A Chablis that's pretty widely available, inexpensive and good is Moreau 2004.
I posted on it recently here:

http://www.wines.com/ubb2/Forum10/HTML/000235.html

It's imported by Wildman & Sons (I don't generally care for their book as a whole, but I like this one!) Like Innkeeper said, this is austere wine, but pretty thrilling if you like the style.

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