Bourgogne 2015 by Ghislaine Barthod

As we all know from recent football events- it's all about the manager. And this is especially true in Burgundy where you can have many different managers making wine from the same terroir and yet the wines are all slightly different.

This is a contradiction in itself cause if the terroir theory was correct they should all make the same wines, but they do not.

So it's all down to grape selection, fermentation process and temperature, pressing, free run juice, use oak and which type of oak etc etc

Ghislaine took over from her father in 1990 and has established herself as a top producer (manager) in Burgundy. Her wines are not the cheapest but it is certainly among the very best.

The generic Bourgogne rouge from 2015 is made mostly from grapes from a plot called Bons Batons near the town of Gilly les Citeaux. In the favourable year of 2015 it is a very decent wine close to village standard.

Beautiful red fruit, flowers, earth, cherries and pepper on the nose. A very nervously but perfect balanced wine with great acidity and body. Similar wine from this region would cost near the double.

Well done Ghislaine! On 8 of March of course!

Bourgogne rouge 2015
Ghislaine Barthod
Ca 20€ or 350 NOK
Limited quantities

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