Discover the Red Wines of Burgundy, Tuesday 6th May 2025
Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
This two-hour tutored tasting is designed for those who have perhaps previously attended our Introduction to Burgundy evening or already have a foundational knowledge of the region and wish to explore in greater depth the revered red wines made from the noble Pinot Noir grape.
Join us as we explore Burgundy’s red wines with the opportunity to compare, contrast and discuss different styles, producers and villages, as well as winemaking trends both past, present and future. This promises to be an insightful and educational tasting for lovers of Pinot Noir, showcasing a range of wines from the humble village to iconic Grand Cru level. There will also be an example chosen from our library stocks to highlight how these wines can develop with age.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Champagne Matthieu Godmé-Guillaume, V.V.V, 1er Cru, Extra Brut
2022 Bourgogne Rouge, Benjamin Leroux
2021 Volnay, Clos des Chênes, 1er Cru, Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur
2021 Pommard, Les Grands Epenots, 1er Cru, Domaine François Gaunoux
2021 Corton, Les Grèves, Grand Cru, Domaine des Croix
2021 Marsannay Rouge, Le Chapitre, Domaine Jean Fournier
2021 Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Evocelles, Domaine de la Vougeraie
2021 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Chatelots, 1er Cru, Domaine Anne & Hervé Sigaut
2021 Vosne-Romanée, Les Hauts Beaumonts, Pierre Girardin
2021 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Thorey, 1er Cru, Domaine de Montille
2018 Clos-Saint-Denis, Grand Cru, Vieilles Vignes, Henri & Philippe Jouan
2005 Latricieres-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Rossignol-Trapet en magnum
Dress code: smart casual
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