Famille Goubard
Solid Red and White Burgundies at Reasonable prices and Bargain Prices on Some others
February 25, 2025
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It is axiomatic that the best places to find value in inexpensive burgundy these days are out of the way or overlooked: places where lower land costs, climate warming, and talented winemaking come together
I must have driven through Saint-Desert (pop 900) without stopping several times. It’s in the Cote Chalonnaise on the road south from Givry toward Cluny
There is a prized vineyard there. Mont Avril is south-facing with limestone, precisely the terroir you would find in a prized vineyard of a more noble appellation. It’s a tweener between Givry and Montagny but belongs to neither, so it has the Cote Chalonnaise appelation.
A few weeks ago, I realized what I had been missing when I was presented with a single vineyard red and white from that commune
France’s Guide Hachette knew already. They wrote of the family:
Winemakers from father to son since 1600, the Goubards are very well established in Côte Chalonnaise, with no less than 38 ha of vines at their disposal.”
and of the Pinot Noir:
“This plot of 1.5 acres planted with 35-year-old pinot noir has given this purple wine of beautiful depth. It reveals fruity aromas on the nose, especially blackberry and blueberry, extended by a well-structured, powerful, firm, and long mouth. To be allowed to age for a few years.”
Tasting more recently than they did, I found the pinot approachable. It will drink now with some air to open and last two to four more years. Both it and the chardonnay are classicly Burgundian: solid, satisfying, and balanced, classic Burgundian
2023 Michel Goubard Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise Mont Avril Blanc; Aroma: light, clean, pretty, lightly restrained, very fresh and lifted; Mouth: clean, bright, firm, very clean, bright and intense, sweet fruit, very concentrated, vigorous; Very Good Plus 29.95 Case, 25.99
2022 Michel Goubard Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise Mont Avril Rouge; Color: very dark; Aroma: heady and sweet very, heady and rich intense, light mineral, limestone mineral; Mouth: rather rich, heady, very clean fine acid, rounded and fleshy, long lovely mouth feel, unctuous dark fruit, long; Very Good Plus 29.95; Case, 25.00
Mix twelve or more of the two wines at their case discounts
Wine arrives Friday
Some other Burgundies at reduced prices,
Bottles are only available first come…
Reduced prices are Net
White
2022 Guequen Chablis 1er Cru Vosgros Very Good – Excellent Was $48, now $30
2022 Lafon Saint Veran Was $45, now $36
Burghound “subtle wood influences the smoky white orchard fruit and more discreet citrus-infused nose. There is more volume, if perhaps slightly less delineation, to the medium-bodied flavors that possess a first-rate balance on the clean, long, and more complex finale. Fine quality here. Outstanding”
Red
2021 (Jean Fournier) Marsannay Les Longeroies Very Good – Excellent Was $65 now $52
2019 Nuits St Georges Chaignots (Michelot) Excellent Was $95, now $79
2020 Cathiard Bourgogne Hauts Cotes de Nuits Les Charmes Was $119, Now $99
2020 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, Domaine Louis Jadot Was $275, Now $239
2019 Jadot Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Was $338 now $299
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