What Burgundy villages do you have the most wine from?

WINE TALK
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(red only)

Chambolle 22%
Gevrey 20.6%
Vosne 13.9%
Volnay 13.1%
NSG 11.6%
MSD 7.4%
And the rest: 10% or so

Another view:
Bourgogne rouge: 2%
Village: 21%
1er: 59%
GC: 18%

For me the sweet spot is clearly 1er. Sure I’d like to own and drink more Grand Crus, but the price and quality difference keep me away. I’ve come to think that a lot of the better 1ers are better than more expensive grand crus from other producers. Of course I used to buy more GCs when the price gap wasn’t so huge (40% in 2012 vs 4% in 2019).

Honestly I’m not sure which village is my favorite. I used to try to buy Gevrey/Chambolle/Vosne/Volnay more or less evenly as I really liked them all and prize diversity. Plus some MSD and NSG but I liked those a little less. Over the last 5+ years though Vosne has been moving down and others up, especially the relatively better values in Volnay and NSG.

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Reds
Gevrey 15.9% - less lower level than CM, but more GCs
Chambolle 13.7% - more village than Gevrey, fewer GCs
VR - 13.2%
Chassagne 7.4%

White
Meursault 29.1%
PM 22.4% - <=1er Cru level is fairly even between CM/PM and then all the GCs that split the middle
CM 22%
Saint Aubin 9.3%

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Gevrey
Chambolle
Volnay

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4-year update:

Savigny
Mercurey
Vosne
Chambolle (virtual tie with VR)
NSG
MSD
Gevrey

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Good one Howard !

CM
VR
Savigny
Volnay
NSG

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Gevrey
Chablis - tied to the bottle with Gevrey
Chambolle
Chassagne
Meursault
Volnay

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Ok, lumping in grand crus NSG still leads. Rounded to nearest whole number. Figures represent the percentage of that color.

NSG - 20%
GC - 18%
Vosne 17%
Chambolle - 13%
MSD - 12%

Chablis - 60%
PM - 16%

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I have two bottles of red Burgundy in the cellar right now, both from Morey St. Denis.

On the white side,
Vire-Clesse
Chablis
Pouilly-Fuisse/Loche
St Aubin
Meursault

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For reds:

Gevrey (by far)
MSD
NSG (thought this would be higher, not sad it isn’t)
Chambolle
Volnay
Vosne

For whites:

Meursault
Chassagne (thought this would be top)
Puligny (about half as much as Meursault, thought the difference would be smaller)
St Aubin
Santenay

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Fixin. I’m a cheap guy.

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You could do worse- Fixin is my favorite of the “lesser” villages. Berthaut-Gerbet and Gelin are great!

I like Marsannay a lot too. Hello Audoin, Pataille, Clair

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What village do people think makes the best village-level wines? I’m not talking necessarily about the most expensive ones (e.g., Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanee), but the village that, across the board, offers strong village wines from a number of quality producers.

I might go with Gevrey-Chambertin or Nuits-St-Georges, but interested in others’ thoughts.

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Chambolle; Gevrey would be second for me.

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Chambolle for me as well.

4 years later…

Reds:

  1. Chassagne-Montrachet (38.2%)
  2. Chambolle-Musigny (27.4%)
  3. Vosne-Romanée / Flagey-Echezeaux (12.4%)
  4. Morey-St. Denis (7.7%)
  5. Gevrey-Chambertin (6.6%)
  6. Nuits-St. Georges (2.7%)
  7. Volnay (1.8%)
  8. Monthélie (1.3%)
  9. Vougeot (0.4%)
  10. Aloxe-Corton (0.2%)
    Remainder is Fleurie (1.3%)

Whites:

  1. Chablis (48.5%)
  2. Puligny-Montrachet (16.6)
  3. Chassagne-Montrachet (13.8%)
  4. Meursault (13.6%)
  5. Aloxe-Corton (4.5%)
  6. Montagny (3.0%)