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Duband's Bourgogne Rouge is declassified Chambolle-Musigny and Morey St. Denis Pinot Noir. It boasts red and dark cherry fruit, and signature freshly turned earth along with strawberry, dried red flowers and thyme. It has a hint of saline and phenomenal texture. Juicy but not extracted, it is focused but not tight. Spice and floral notes of classic Burgundy are followed by a rustic, food friendly finish.
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The frenzy around 2015 red Burgundies is palpable and justified! From an almost perfect vintage, these Pinot Noir beauties are rolling in and are some of the finest Pinots seen in years.
The 2015 vintage “gave us a near perfect growing season that, much in the same way that 2005 did, produced fruit with high maturities but also high acidity, which is very rare in Burgundy....collectors will be in for a treat as everything is present for the wines to be great." David Duband
Duband is rapidly becoming a name to know in Burgundy. His friendships with Jeremy Seysses of Dujac and Aubert de Villaine of D.R.C. is the basis for his whole-cluster fermenting - a style that really brings out the personality in these Burgundies.
Duband's Bourgogne Rouge is declassified Chambolle-Musigny and Morey St. Denis Pinot Noir. It boasts red and dark cherry fruit, and signature freshly turned earth along with strawberry, dried red flowers and thyme. It has a hint of saline and phenomenal texture. Juicy but not extracted, it is focused but not tight. Spice and floral notes of classic Burgundy are followed by a rustic, food friendly finish.
We've tasted many wonderful wines from the 2015 vintage, but the 2015 David Duband Bourgogne Rouge is a standout! Utterly delicious now, its structure will continue reward those over the next five years. Enjoy!Read More »
The frenzy around 2015 red Burgundies is palpable and justified! From an almost perfect vintage, these Pinot Noir beauties are rolling in and are some of the finest Pinots seen in years.
The 2015 vintage “gave us a near perfect growing season that, much in the same way that 2005 did, produced fruit with high maturities but also high acidity, which is very rare in Burgundy....collectors will be in for a treat as everything is present for the wines to be great." David Duband
Duband is rapidly becoming a name to know in Burgundy. His friendships with Jeremy Seysses of Dujac and Aubert de Villaine of D.R.C. is the basis for his whole-cluster fermenting - a style that really brings out the personality in these Burgundies.
Duband's Bourgogne Rouge is declassified Chambolle-Musigny and Morey St. Denis Pinot Noir. It boasts red and dark cherry fruit, and signature freshly turned earth along with strawberry, dried red flowers and thyme. It has a hint of saline and phenomenal texture. Juicy but not extracted, it is focused but not tight. Spice and floral notes of classic Burgundy are followed by a rustic, food friendly finish.
We've tasted many wonderful wines from the 2015 vintage, but the 2015 David Duband Bourgogne Rouge is a standout! Utterly delicious now, its structure will continue reward those over the next five years. Enjoy!
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Burgundy
Wine has been made in Burgundy for over 2,000 years. The monks were responsible for first identifying specific plots of lands as superior to others; this hierarchy later became the basis for the region’s classification system. Today, that system identifies four tiers of wine: regional (ie, Bourgogne), village (ie, Chablis), Premier Cru (ie, Chablis 1er Cru "Vaillon") and Grand Cru (ie, Chablis Grand Cru "Les Clos"). This classification in and of itself does not guarantee that a wine will be better than another, it simply means that it has the potential of being superior given its location. For a wine to take the prestigious designation of a region or parcel on its label, all of the grapes in the bottle must come from just that specific area or plot.
Burgundy and its classification can seem a bit daunting to some. But, if you can master understanding Burgundy, the rest of the wine world will seem easy. Basically, all red Burgundies are Pinot Noir and all white Burgundies are Chardonnay with two exceptions: Beaujolais reds use the Gamay grape and Aligote is the only other white grape permitted. Burgundy, unlike Bordeaux, is a non-blending region, which means only the aforementioned grapes are permissible. For this reason, Burgundy tends to attract "purists" who appreciate the single grape and what nature gives the winemaker in any given season.
Some of the finest Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs come from Burgundy. There are five key districts in Burgundy: Chablis, Cote d'Or (which is subdivided into Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune), Cote Chalonnaise, Maconnais and Beaujolais. In Cote de Nuits, villages such as Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanee, and Gevrey-Chambertin are home to some of the finest Pinot Noir made anywhere. Cote de Beaune is home to some of the finest and well-known Chardonnay villages where seven of the eight Grand Crus are produced. Villages such as Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Meursault are the mighty three of the Cote de Beaune and produce some of the most complex and elegant Chardonnays on the planet.
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