Burgundy 2015

[felixp21]

Been to Burgundy a few times over the past six months, on purchasing trips, and have had extensive tastings outside France, including a few at Prowine in HK last week.
If you are new to Burgundy, or want to understand what all the fuss is about, this is certainly the vintage you have been waiting for!!
Whilst it is a fantastic vintage at the top end, IMO it is as good as 2010 and a shade better than 05, it is at the bottom where this year actually is quite remarkable. The warm vintage and excellent last few weeks produced amazing quality at the Villages and Generic levels, as well as throughout many of the lesser appelations, including HCdN, Fixin, Marsannay and Santenay.
So many producers crafted superb Nuits St George and Volnay Villages, many around 10-15 euro ex-cellar, so I am guessing you will have a heap of great offerings at the $55-65 level when they arrive down there.
The good bottom end 15's are fruit-forward, easy to enjoy, and immediately drinkable. I doubt they will close down (although Ben Leroux is confident the top end wines will go to sleep for a long time in 3-4 years) and, for me, offer an excellent "bridge" between the Antipodean pinots and Burgundy.
If you have any spare cash, have a good look at the cheap stuff, it is fantastic. Kinda like 09 Bordeaux in that respect.
Yes, the GC's will be incredible, but for the price of one bottle, you can pick yourself up a dozen (or two, sometimes three) of Burgundies that will give immense pleasure and will easily last a decade.
Oh, and I don't concur with the idea that 15 whites are average, I think they are excellent. On that score, I also think that the 14 reds should not sit in the shadow of the whites from that vintage, as they too are excellent and great value.
Cheers!!!

[Phil H]

Thanks Felix for the info, it is much appreciated. I am still trying to see whether Burgundy is worth the price, however with your advice on trying the entry level it will save me a fortune and I will be able to try a greater range.

[Hunter]

Felix where have you been ?

[felixp21]

Felix where have you been ?

... pretty much covered the Cote d'Or. Reasonably extensive in Champagne too, with a couple of trips to the Rhone squeezed in. Also over to Bordeaux to see the 2016's. (hmmm)
I've tasted around 450 different Burgundy 2015's, approx half red/half white. Probably the same amount of 2014's.

[swirler]

Different Felixp. No 21 last time.

[Hunter]

New account. Asumed

[swirler]

Popcorn thread?

[felixp21]

yea, same felixp. Been away so long I had to register again.

Hunter, the 15 Canon is better than the 16. In general, I prefer 2015 Bordeaux to 2016, although I have to say I find barrel tasting of classified Bdx way too hard for me. Burgundy out of barrel is much easier!!!
Reckon you have done very well going long on 2015's, they are fantastic, and at least as good as 09. (I still rank 2010 as my favourite Bdx vintage ever, but they are totally different in style to both 09 and 15)