In our quest to elucidate more about the Cote de Nuits villages we can move up a level to the Premier Crus. This time the poll question is: Which Cote de Nuits village has the most consistently high-quality Premier Crus? Not just one or two good ones, but tits quality across the range. If you feel you have more to add than a simple vote then please feel free to add a comment.

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If you want to have a look at some maps of the Burgundy villages to help you decide you can go to the bottom of this page where there is a good list of Burgundy maps provided by Louis Jadot.

It has been ten days since I posted my poll about which Cote de Nuits village makes the best village-level wines. You can see the results here. It seems that Chambolle has won with exactly half the votes. I’m not entirely surprised.

The best Chambolle-villages from Roumier and Mugnier are truly fine wines which smash beyond the humble village quality level. Both are amazing expressions of place and beauty. Barthod is good and I’ve had slightly idiosyncratic but undoubtedly good Confuron-Cotedidot Chambolle. Dujac Fils et Pere Chambolle is one of the best purchases we make each year; a bargain for the quality. Village wines like this are easy to love, and I can totally see why half of us went for them.

In second place was Gevrey. This is probably a really good option, there is variety and class in Gevrey. I don’t drink Gevrey terribly often, but a bottle of Alain Burguet Mes Favourites 2003 I popped last night was an amazing, if moving toward large-scale, expression of confident beauty. I didn’t actually drink any because I have an appalling stomach bug, but my sniffs and tiny sips were greatly rewarding.

Morey next, which we have discussed endlessly, then Nuits with a single vote. Nuits would probably be my last choice, but I admit that is because I usually drink 1er cru Nuits and rarely village wines.

I was slightly surprised that no one voted for Vosne, but then I remembered the prices of the stuff… Remember when you could get Rene Engel Vosne for less then twenty quid at Berry’s? Wow, those were the days.

Many thanks for voting. I’ll be thinking of a Premier Cru related poll and post one in a few days.

My last poll about Burgundy was a pretty poor effort. It has been pointed out to me, and I agree, that we need more in-depth analysis to determine exactly what constitutes the best Burgundy. Burgundy is such a rich, multi-faceted font of loveliness that it is just so hard to say this one village, vineyard, vintage or whatever is the best. So, to refine our thoughts let us focus on the bottom rung of the ladder to start with. The question is: Which Cote de Nuits village makes your favourite village-level wines? I am asking in a general sense rather than about individual producers. What I mean by this is that there is more than one producer of, for example, Morey villages, and if if you are only really thinking of that one producer perhaps you should be voting for another village.

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My poll question is as simple as that, pick your favourite Cote de Nuits wine village. Simple question, bloody hard to answer. I have had lovely, sexy, thrilling wines from every village, how can I just choose one?

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If anyone has any strong feelings about why we should be voting in a particular way then please feel free to comment.

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The question is, which ones? As my long-term readers know I have almost no cash; I cannot afford much. I am torn between getting 6 bottles of good quality kabinett/spatlese type wines or 3 flashier bottles of top Auslesen. I need guidance. This calls for another fantastic Elitist Review poll!

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Further to my rant about the poor value of Bordeaux it has been suggested that we try and establish what are the best and worst value wines from France. This seems like time for a couple of polls.

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For the Languedoc-Roussillon I am specifically thinking of Banyuls and brilliant Collioure, for Provence the key wine is wonderful, wonderful Bandol.

The second question is fabulously easy to answer, but the first? Hmmm… I’ll have to think about that a bit more.

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I really loved the Dujac Morey 05 I had last night, it was quite delicious and this got me thinking about 'premium' village level Burgundy. There are a few producers who give their basic offerings real stuffing and they are proper wines by any definition of the word. I've plucked a few of my favourite out of the air and if you can think of others feel free to add them.

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The results of my 'Best Cornas' poll are here. OK, a total of eight votes doesn't really qualify as popular acclaim, but Clape is clearly the most popular. I can understand how people would vote for his wines, much as I prefer Lionnet. A bit of a shame Noel 'Papa' Verset scored so badly.

I was fortunate enough to have another bottle of Verset Cornas 1999 last night; it was quite delicious. It made me think about the discussions I've had with my wine obsessed friends about who makes the best Cornas. So, I have set up a poll and the best Cornas can be established by popular acclaim.

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Well, the poll is now closed. I'd rather view the mere eighteen votes it generated as an indication of the difficulty of the question, rather than the minimal number of people who visit here; perhaps I am optimistic.

Of course, with so few votes no definite conclusions can be drawn from the results, but I am pleased Musigny got the most votes. La Tache is clearly a serious wine, though, and I don't hold it against anyone for voting for that Grand Cru. Quite a lot of votes for Morey-St.-Denis Grand Crus.

Oh the excitement of a new toy, I'm going to try and put a poll on this page. I want to know what your favourite red Burgundy Grand Cru is. There is an option for if you cannot decide. I'll leave the poll running for two weeks (until 29 March 2007) and then post the results. If you want to put a reason why you chose a particular vineyard, please feel free to leave a comment. Oh I hope this works.