Best Burgundy Red Wine Worth Seeking Out (for the money)

IntoWine asked our panel of experts to share their recommendations for the best Burgundy red wine worth seeking out (for the price of course):

Two words come to mind when I think about Red Burgundy – Style and Focus. For those who know, when looking for Pinot Noir that expresses the true uniqueness of terroir and variety, you look at Burgundy. Really good Burgundy, unfortunately, does come at a price. Most wine growers are relegated to very small portions of land and vintage years are sometimes difficult to come by. This raises prices, as does the demand for such small quantities. That being said, there are scores of great wines available at decent prices. My pick is Domaine Henri Perrot-Minot’s “En la Rue de Vergy” from Morey - Saint – Denis. Producing about 600 cases from this 3.5 acre property in Northern Burgundy, Henri Perrot-Minot’s red Burgundy flows through the palate with fruit and minerals, acid and ripe fine-grain tannins. Vintage after vintage, this low profile wine exudes greatness. When allowed to age properly, four to seven years, this wine can play ball with the best of them. About $50. – Ben Spencer is a diploma student with the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and an IntoWine Featured Writer

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Some wine aficionados spend their life working on this topic. Burgundy is not a region known for their values, and in the past few years, prices have gotten even scarier. Its reputation is not always justified though. There actually are some excellent values to be found. Look for the basic Bourgogne’s, (see France's Burgundy Wine Region: A Primer on the History, Wines, Vineyards & Terroir for an explanation of the Burgundy heirarchy) or Village Level wines. I am going to recommend the Joseph Drouhin Chorey Les Beaune. This wine is available for $20 or under and is good to very good depending on the vintages. Nice cherry flavors with some earthy funk, this will develop in your cellar for a few years as well. - Loren Sonkin, IntoWine.com Featured Contributor and the Founder/Winemaker at Sonkin Cellars.

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Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Noveau. I picked this wine up for $7.99. You can barely get a happy meal for that price. What I found was the best vintage of juicy, fresh Gamey noir I’ve ever tasted. No hints of banana or fizz just fruity, aromatic and delicious wine. If I hadn’t bought the wine myself I would have sworn it was a young Cahors wine. The result is a very dark red almost black color with an intense aroma of violets and fresh raspberries. Everybody knows the wine won’t last very long but I bought enough to pair with my annual Valentine borsch soup. Hopefully your sweetheart enjoys it as much as mine does. - Michael Whitehead, IntoWine Featured Writer

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France's Burgundy wine region produces some of the world's truly great wines. This is a region completely dedicated to terroir and tradition. Even the grapes planted in Burgundy are restricted to a few traditional varietals, with pinot noir and chardonnay holding pride of place – as they have for many, many centuries. Burgundy's Winemaking History Burgundy's winemaking history dates back at least to ancient Roman times, possibly earlier, although documentation is scanty prior to the Romans' arrival. Catholic monks cultivated vineyards during the Middle Ages, and the ruling Dukes of Burgundy involved themselves in the grape-growing process in an effort to improve the quality (and, no doubt, export value) of Burgundy wines. It was during this period that pinot noir became the red wine grape of choice in Burgundy. Vineyards shifted from Church ownership to individual owners during the Renaissance, and, in the aftermath of the French Revolution some 300 years later, all remaining Church vineyards were privatized. These privately-owned vineyards were divided and re-divided under Napoleonic law, which forced families to split holdings among heirs instead of willing all inheritable property to one descendant. This division of the vineyards led directly to the system used in Burgundy today; hundreds of growers sell their grapes to négociants , or buyers, who use the grapes to make wine.

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