With Burgundy, as with most wine regions in the world, I shop by producer first. But even more so with Burgundy than other areas.
I like tracking a producer, or if I can, a wine, over the course of years. On a particularly good vintage I’ll buy pretty deep. On lesser vintages, less so.
THE LEGENDS – I rarely get to taste the wines from these producers but will go to great lengths to try them when available. They are usually way too expensive to procure for my own cellar, so usually I will buy with friends, pour for a wine class, or if I’m lucky I can try them at a trade event.
Domaine Romanée-Conti
Armand Rousseau
Comte de Vogüê
Domaine Ponsot
Claude Dugat
Dujac
Leroy
CORE PRODUCERS – the ones I regularly seek out and confidently buy
Joseph Drouhin
Bouchard Père & Fils (not to be confused with Bouchard Anie, which is a house I don’t like)
Daniel et Julien Barraud
Henri Gouges
Vincent Girardin
Mongeard-Mugneret
Meó-Camuzet
Pousse d’Or
Étienne Sauzet
Tollot-Beaut
William Fevre
Liger-Belair
Louis Latour (select white wines only)