There's a kind of greeness about the 04 reds (something between gherkin and parsley), particularly in the Cote de Beaune but noticeable all the way through even at a pretty exalted level. Consequently they're relatively low priced on the secondary market, don't be fooled stay away
I read an article that pplaced the blame on pyrazines used as a sexual signalling chemical by ladybugs of which there was apparently a plague in Burguundy in 04. Stranger things have happened...
In reply to ...or maybe the vintage? by Vimpressionniste
Second that on the
Second that on the 04s
There's a kind of greeness about the 04 reds (something between gherkin and parsley), particularly in the Cote de Beaune but noticeable all the way through even at a pretty exalted level. Consequently they're relatively low priced on the secondary market, don't be fooled stay away
I read an article that pplaced the blame on pyrazines used as a sexual signalling chemical by ladybugs of which there was apparently a plague in Burguundy in 04. Stranger things have happened...
04 whites on the other hand are lovely