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You Can (Still) Play the Burgundy Game Like a Pro
 
The Burgundy game for casual wine drinkers is hard these days, yes.  

But it's also really difficult for hard core fans, too.  

Prestige and scarcity (and let's be honest, the desire for newly minted wealthy people to keep up with the Joneses) drive the prices up, and not just for the blue chip producers. 

BUT...

...there are still ways to play this game outside of stratospheric prices and allocation shenanigans...

One is to shift your focus to classic producers who fly under the radar, whether because they aren't one of the 'Consensus Producers' or because they operate outside the major appellations.  

One of today's producers, P&M Jacqueson, definitely falls into both of these categories.

Operating in the Côte Chalonnaise appellation of Rully for 80 years (since 1946), they have quietly churned out wines that are arguably the benchmarks for the appellation and that hold their own against stuff from the Côte d'Or...especially when you compare quality-to-price.  

Their reds are dark, deep and mineral and the whites are supple, textured and wonderfully structured and, despite the early challenges of the 2024 growing season, these final wines are really quite fabulous.  

Another way to get in on the goods at mortal pricing is to follow new producers or, as is the case with today's other producer, pay attention to when an existing winery who'd been making wines in an out-of-fashion or strictly from commercial style begins to take things in a different direction...

I'm not saying that Drouhin-Laroze's wines were bad or anything, (actually, as I type this, I'm sipping on a glass of 2015 Gevrey En Champ, and, I do have to say that it's really quite charming) but, up until recently, they were still making wines that, while indeed quite pleasant, left you saying 'if they'd only do things a little more this way, then these could really be something!'.  

And I'm happy to say that, over the last few years, they HAVE started doing things a bit more 'this way' and that the wines are really something.  

Seriously.  

The denser, more polished, slightly oaky-er style has evolved into a much purer expression of Gevrey, with greater precision, detail and a lifted elegance that would make any Burg-head take notice.  

You all know that my mission has always been to promote wines that offer a true expression and an authentic experience at the best possible prices...

(and, yes, I'm aware of the fact that I'm talking about value while hawking $300+ wines, but, trust me, that is value for grand cru Burg currently)

...and, when it comes to The Burgundy Game, it's not always easy these days...

...but it's still doable, so...

Do it!  

P&M JACQUESON 2024
Bourgogne Aligoté
Bourgogne Chardonnay
Bouzeron Les Corderes Aligoté
Rully Blanc 1er Cru Vauvry
Rully Blanc 1er Cru La Pucelle
Rully Rouge

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DROUHIN-LAROZE 2023
Gevrey Chambertin Dix Climats
Gevrey Chambertin Clos de Combes
Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint Jacques
Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Au Closeau
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru
Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru

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Matt Franco
MCF Rare Wine, Ltd
249 West 13th Street NYC 10011
212.255.8870

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