A friend of mine bought this wine in France, and it is a blend of premier cru wines from the appellation. Luckily, my sense of taste seems to be returning after taking some strong antibiotics for a chest abscess.
We drank this wine, with friends, at Christmas 2024 with pheasant. My wife and I and our friends agreed that the wine went down very well with the game and tasted just as a premier cru wine should on the palate. The wine was recognisably superior and a level above standard Bourgogne Rouge, and it ought to be given the price at over Euro 60 for a bottle. The wine had aged well and did not taste too strongly of oak but it tasted and smelt very good. The tannins had softened and the wine was of medium body and dry on the palate. The taste lingered for a long time. It had all the hallmarks of a very good wine.
Now that I have got Type 2 diabetes I am limited very much so on how much alcohol I can consume, even though I am not taking insulin. This means that I cannot enjoy wine in the quantities that I used to. I am now limiting myself to a couple of small glasses of wine a week. My wife and I have decided that it is not worth opening an expensive bottle when we have to save the wine for two or three days by using vacuum seals and pumps, we are, therefore, only going to open a decent bottle when we have company. This means that I cannot write about the wines that I love so often or drink them. I was thinking of not continuing with the blog , but there are still issues to write about when I can find time between exercise routines to keep my blood glucose levels done. I wish everyone a happy and fruitful New Year, and good health.