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Charming, transparent, refined, pure and elegant.  These words keep cropping up in the reports on the 2007 Red Burgundy vintage.  Allen Meadows of burghound.com says, "They convey an underlying sense of terroir better than any vintage since 2001 and if one had to try to encapsulate the character of 2007 by comparing it to another vintage, a blend of 2000 & 2001 would accurately sum them up..."   These wines have the soft fruit and ripe tannins of the 2000 vintage combined with the spine of acidity of 2001 - these factors combine to create a tension in the wines that gives them a certain lift and liveliness.  From the Bourgogne Rouge up to the Grand Crus these wines are forward and pretty and show well in their youth and will age gracefully for years.  We think that this is a classic vintage for mid-term drinking - not a "big" vintage, it is a refined vintage. It will not go into hibernation for years like the 2005s have.  Burgundy in particular is a wine of delicacy and finesse, not of over extraction and density.  In the 2007s there is a real sense of place, the Volnays smell and taste and act like Volnays, the Chambolles fairly scream Chambolle and Gevrey Chambertin has the oyster shell and limestone minerality that we associate with Chambertin. 

Domaine Bachelet in Gevrey Chambertin - 3.83 hectares owned by the domaine.  Clive Coates in his new book "The Wines of Burgundy"  awards the Domaine Denis Bachelet three stars, the highest rating he awards any domaine, even though there is only one small parcel of Grand Cru.   Bachelet is a tiny domaine and every year I am excited when we get our allocation of Denis Bachelet's wines - "...harmonious, pure and understated" says Coates - these are among our most favorite Burgundies.  - John B. Truax  (Please Note; Case or mixed-case discounts apply to all wines)