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@@rogueinquisitor3661 Thank you! I do try and inject a bit of humour where I can as wine reviews can end up a bit dry and boring!

@@rajaboes5425 Yes I think there must be a lot of foxes in London. For better or worse they seem to have adapted well to the urban environment.

Not sure whether that's a typo or a reflection of my (probably incorrect) pronunciation! 😂 Whatever that cake is called it has always been my favourite, ever since I was old enough to form my own opinion! The one shown on screen around 1:45 was my birthday cake from a couple of years ago.

​@@BurgundyWithTweedy apologies I corrected my spellings "gateau" I got black forest cake today my daughter favourite

Thank you! I know they're a bit divisive but I love seeing foxes.

Thank you! Yes you'd think the foxes would do better in an urban environment wouldn't you...?

Thanks Terry!

Thanks Tony! Yes I have four channels in total! The bits standing behind the tree were a bit silly really, I was just trying to vary the scenery a bit so it didn't get too monotonous! No I'm not in the wine business, just an enthusiastic amateur.

Cheers - hope you had a good one too!

@@BurgundyWithTweedy thanks 👍

I don't know, I do all my wine drinking on park benches!

Haha. Park benches. I'm going to jump the UA-cam fence and ask the guy at Tweedy Pubs if he knows.

@@kenbakie4590 Thank you! I honestly have no understanding of the "science" (if there is any) of wine/food pairings at all.

@@BoxTunnel I love the idea of Burgundy in pints! I'm completely on board with that as long as the glasses are the right shape. Actually a handled/dimpled "mug" wouldn't be terrible.

@@BurgundyWithTweedy Apparently the old dimpled mugs are too expensive now, if you can actually find them. My local has one left and that's reserved for my good friend Dinger on a Saturday evening.

I'm sure a lot of "experts" would berate me for being too close-minded but I agree with you on synthetic corks. I can't think of a Burgundy I've had with a synthetic closure that I've really enjoyed. I understand the desire from winemakers to reduce the rate of faulty bottles but it didn't seem to help here did it...? If they want to eliminate the chances of TCA (at least coming from the closure) then why not go with a Diam cork? They're still made of cork, but processed / treated in a way that it's practically impossible to cause any taint. They're also quite technical in that they make versions with different porosity which gives the winemaker another lever to adjust to determine how the wine ages.

Thank you!

Thanks Mikael - yes I was definitely bracing myself for potential disappointment here! I was pleasantly surprised though, it really was something quite special, and quite different from other wines I've had from Gevrey Chambertin.

I'm guessing it's not going to be the sort of unspoilt rustic boozer I like (are there any of those at all left in the Cotswolds?) but I am still slightly intrigued.

I agree wine tasting notes sometimes sound a bit crazy and/or pretentious but it is actually quite hard to translate complex flavours and smells into words. I honestly used to think it was all bullshit but what changed my mind was the introduction to a book on whisky by Michael Jackson (No, not the singer! The beer/whisky writer, sadly no longer with us). He challenged the reader to describe the flavour of Coca Cola to someone who had never had it before. Whether you like Coke or not, there is a lot more going on there than just sweet fizzy water and it's actually incredibly hard to describe the flavour. Rightly or wrongly, bottles of wine - like the one featured here - often demand significant prices. Given that, I'm convinced there is some utility in providing a potential buyer with an idea of whether they're going to like it or not. Obviously though I would recommend people considering spending a lot of money on a bottle of wine to refer to someone with more expertise than I have!

Thank you! Money is a funny old thing isn't it? We all have our different thresholds for different things. I'm really quite stingy when it comes to things like home improvement or cars but other people will happily lavish huuuuge sums on those things - way more than I spend on wine in a year. I wouldn't derive any pleasure from having a really smart frontage to my house - or a sports car parked in front of it - but I do really enjoy fine wine!

It's sometimes hard to tell with UA-cam comments whether it's a light hearted leg pull or a genuine grievance! If the latter, then it's worth remembering you don't have to watch anything you don't want to watch on UA-cam. I'd recommend turning auto-play off, and making use of the "not interested" and/or "don't recommend channel" options whenever you see a video recommendation you don't like the look of.

@@BurgundyWithTweedy Man, 16 years of using UA-cam, and I just learned that I don't have to watch anything I don't want to. This is extraordinary. Just amazing news, this.

​@@The_Invisible_Hand_Of_CVGood, so we're past the basics. Sounds like you were here by choice, but something went awry. Was there something about the thumbnail / title which was misleading or inaccurate?

Thank you! Maybe you've seen some of my other videos and know what a high esteem I hold him in? Alas characters like that are in such short supply these days.

@@BurgundyWithTweedy Well now there's you. Someone has to step and preserve the culture.

@@Jubilo1 Impossible shoes to fill! I do at least often refer to him in my videos so I hope I am doing my small part to keep his memory alive.

Thank you for those very kind words! I think wine in general is not a very popular subject on UA-cam and Burgundy is especially niche! I don't expect the channel to ever get very big but I enjoy making the videos and it's a useful way for me to remember what I've had before and what I thought of it!

Thank you! I guess this is one of the benefits of a very amateur wine channel - I don't feel any pressure to make the videos look professional and I'm happy to just have fun with it and stray off topic from time to time!

I think in hindsight this must have been a faulty bottle. I know a bit of struck match is actually considered desirable by some wine makers but to me even in small quantities it sets off alarm bells that something might have gone awry. Slightly ironic if this was indeed faulty given the synthetic closure - they're supposed to reduce the risk of that. Although I guess that's mainly to prevent TCA, and I don't think that was the issue here. I certainly couldn't smell any wet dog! I originally got the wine prongs because they're recommended for older bottles (e.g. 15 or 20 years plus), where there's a chance of the cork disintegrating with a corkscrew... but actually I very rarely drink older bottles like that. After using them a few times I just started to prefer the action compared to a corkscrew. The cork comes out nice and cleanly and I think I actually find it quicker and easier than a corkscrew now (unless it's a synthetic closure of course!). Plus they're neat and compact compared to some corkscrews, which is handy when I'm away from home. Although I suppose a waiter's friend is fairly compact too.

Not really by choice! As I mentioned in the video some shops (perhaps more the "bricks and mortar" rather than online variety) don't seem to have anything older than the 2020s now. Of course if you say to the staff that you think a given bottle might not be ready yet they'll tell you to lay it down for a few years. Well obviously that would help, but it doesn't solve the problem of finding something to drink today!

Thank you! It's interesting you've observed the pricing of NSG vs GC being the other way round. It's always hard to get an accurate picture of this sort of thing because obviously there are no "official" figures, and there are lots of other variables affecting prices. My observation may have been skewed by the fact I've bought so much NSG from one of my favourite wine merchants (Fingal Rock) and their prices are very competitive. Their cheapest NSG currently listed is £36 - here in the UK at least it would be practically impossible to find anything from Gevrey Chambertin at that sort of price. You make a good point about the overall supply of GC though, you would expect given that there would be lower pressure on prices compared to a smaller village... However I wonder if it's also a factor that there are no Grand Cru vineyards in NSG? I had always assumed the existence of the Grand Crus like Chambertin had a trickle down effect on pricing of even village level wine from Gevrey.

I'm coming to that conclusion too Alan!

I always show these wines in very inconsistent lighting conditions so it's hard to make a fair comparison on the colour! It was a great spot though, really enjoyed my time there.

I'm not sure everyone would agree but thank you!

@@BurgundyWithTweedy you're welcome..

Thank you - I really appreciate that! I'm absolutely an amateur, I've never worked in the wine industry, and I don't even think I have a very good sense of smell, so I have to work quite hard at tasting notes! I was bracing myself to be a bit underwhelmed, and half expected it might seem like any other Gevrey Chambertin - but this genuinely did seem like something quite different and special. Probably not an experiment I'm going to be repeating very often, unfortunately!

Thanks for subscribing!

I agree - in the sort of price range I'm normally more comfortable with (e.g. around £60 for Gevrey Chambertin) I really struggle to find anything at all on the shelves at Hedonism. Also whenever I've tried looking for cheaper appellations (e.g. Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits, which I think can be quite good) there seems to be nothing there. However, given the complex nature of wine pricing and the fact they carry so many bottles, I get the sense sometimes individual wines fall through the cracks a bit, and this particular Chapelle Chambertin was actually cheaper here than at most other retailers I saw on Wine Searcher.

Thanks Steven! I really did enjoy this one.