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10 Best Villages of Red Burgundy
Red Burgundy Research. Part 1. The Best Villages
You may have different views on wine ratings, but human nature is constantly striving to order and structure information. Rating is the easiest way to rank, compare, and prioritize. That is why various wine ratings have gained such popularity and serve as a guide for a huge number of wine lovers.
Professional wine journalists and critics helped millions of consumers around the world to discover new wine regions and unknown names among winemakers.
To date, we have accumulated a vast amount of data that allows us to draw more complex conclusions than a simple comparison of one wine with another.
I am often asked: “Which wine is the best?”. Behind this simple and perhaps naïve formulation lies an incredibly arduous task that I have become interested in solving.
I’m opening a difficult 2020 with a study on Burgundy.
This study covers the Cote de Nuits region, and two villages from Cote de Beaune: Pommard and Volnay, where wines are exclusively produced from Pinot Noir.
Before I present the results of the study, I want to remind you of one important rule, which guides me and many professionals I know in the wine world.
