{"id":77676,"date":"2024-03-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/?p=77676"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:47:16","slug":"malcolm-jolley-la-bourgogne-earns-its-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/2024-03-29\/malcolm-jolley-la-bourgogne-earns-its-reputation\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Jolley: La Bourgogne earns its reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Last week I visited the Domaine de la Roman\u00e9e-Conti in Burgundy, France. By which I mean I drove by the buildings in which the winery is housed, catching a glimpse of what was inside the gates. From that flash observance, we continued out of the village of Vosne-Roman\u00e9e to the stone cross at a T-junction of a single track road, going up the ridge, that marks the approximate centre of the nine Grands Crus Clos, or walled vineyards, from which the Domaine makes wine. These include Roman\u00e9e-Conti itself, and the equally famous Richebourg and La T\u00e2che.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visit was a wino pilgrimage and produced something like the Jerusalem syndrome, wherein an otherwise (more or less) sane oenophile begins to believe he has glimpsed at the holy and sacred and will never swill a stemware quite the same again. Looking at plants had never seemed so profound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pilgrimage to the DRC terroir was a half pit stop in a very busy itinerary that made up my trip to participate in and cover Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne. I travelled as a guest of the Bureau Interprofessional des Vins de Bourgogne<\/a>, which markets and promotes the wines of the region on behalf of its winemaking members. Les Grands Jours is a biennial celebration of Bourgogne wines, including intensive tastings, by appellation, of what’s coming to market. This year it meant tasting a lot of 2022 vintage wines, as well as some 2021 and 2020, but there were always opportunities to taste older vintages here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n