Top Red Burgundy vintage of the 21st century so far

Top Red Burgundy vintage in the 21st century

  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019

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I am picking 2010. Makes it easier that 1999 is not eligible. Again, 2000 for this purpose is in the 21st Century so we have 20 years.

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For consumption over the next ten to fifteen years, 2010. After that, 2005, 2009, and 2015 may eclipse it. I suspect in thirty years they will be superior. Who knows?

But I’m already loving 2010, and expect to continue for a long time.

I picked 10 but 19 sounds pretty epic

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2005, 2010, and 2016 are my top three. Hard to choose between them.

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  1. I suppose I could say 2010, but Truchot had retired by then, so that knocks ‘10 down a peg or two.

Probably should not have included 2019 as I doubt too many of us have had any yet. Hope you are correct.

Rankings may change in 10 years, but for me 2005 is too much of an unknown. I agree about the potential of 2016, but again don’t know yet.

My guess is that we are all going to get a lot of pleasure out of 2017s. Probably not the greatest vintage, but it could be the anti-2005 in that one can drink it with pleasure over wide periods of time.

I should put whoever voted for 2004 on ignore as I would have a hard time following any of their advice with respect to any wine.

when will we start seeing 2019s around the US?

If I had one piece of advice to give to Burgundy lovers, it would be, buy more 2017s. In both colors.

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The 04 and 11 choices really threw me. Also not a single vote for 02 yet which I would put higher than a lot of choices made so far. I think 09/10 but hard to say what will last. I have had more enjoyable 07s than 05s so far.

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I think I’ve put away more 17 than any other vintage.

In which sense?

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I’m the lone 2002 vote, as it’s the 21st century red vintage that’s given me the most joy. Intellectually I’d probably say 2010. And I’m in the naysayer camp for 2005. They are 15 years old, and generally speaking still giving no joy. I’m only 65, but I don’t expect to drink my 05’s for sheer enjoyment in my lifetime. Expect to sell them (or my kids will).

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Bought, although probably drank the most 17s too

another here who thinks 2002 is terrific, although I had to vote for 2010. I would put 2002 second, has so much charm.

Surprised to see 2014-15-16 all getting equal votes

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This is what makes the question hard: the 2000-2004 are fairly mature while the 2012+ vintages are infants. I love the 2002s.

I’ve come to that conclusion as well, that 17 is much better than we may have been told by some. Not sure if it’s because so many are drinking so well right now, but it does seem like a stronger vintage than I once believed.

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My Burg group has historically done tastings 10 years after the vintage about once a year. I had planned in 2020 to have us do also a comparison between 2009s and 2010s but alas we did not do too many tastings in 2020. Hopefully, we will do that in 2021. I have a feeling it will be a lot of fun to compare these two vintages over the next number of years. The likely winners - the people tasting the wines.

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To be fair, the 2017s have changed. I was in Burgundy in 2018 and tasted a bunch of 2017s from barrel. I thought the wines were good, but kind of more lightweight and without that much depth. Visit to Burgundy and Champagne - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers I retasted some of the same wines (and tasted a whole bunch of others) in March 2020 at the Paulee Grand Tasting in NY. I was amazed at how much better the wines had gotten (both red and white), esp. the ones I had previously tasted from barrel. The wines tasted much richer and complete. My thoughts about the Paulee Grand Tasting this year - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers This happens sometimes in Burgundy - I can think of the same thing happening with 2000, 2001, and 2007, where the wines tasted much, much better a year after release than they had upon release. Further back, this happened with 1980s, a vintage Williams discusses a lot (I did not have the foresight to save these and drank mine a long time ago). And, I like 2012s I have had the last couple of years much more than I originally liked them when I was in Burgundy in 2013 and even than when I was at the Paulee in NY in 2014.

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