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Burgundy 2006 – all the tasting notes

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Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 4For a complete guide to our comprehensive coverage, including eight video interviews, of this fascinating Burgundy vintage see Burgundy 2006 – where to find what. See also my two overviews, Burgundy 2006 – the growing season and Burgundy 2006 - how the wines taste.

Below is a guide to our complete alphabetical listing of tasting notes on the very varied 2006 burgundy vintage based on nearly 1,300 tastings by Julia and me. We have split them into what we hope are manageable alphabetical chunks.

5 Feb – All of these tasting notes have now been uploaded into the tasting note database so can be searched, but here we have divided them into six reasonably sized articles.

Please bear in mind that the alphabetical order is decided by the (sur)name of the producer or domaine ignoring words such as Domaine, Chateau, Comte, Marquis, de, du, des, le, la and les.

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – A-B

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – C-D

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – E-H

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – J-L

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – M-P

Burgundy 2006 tasting notes – R-Z


OTHER COVERAGE

Dom Thibault Liger-Belair, Les St-Georges 2006 (Wines of the Week, 16 Dec 2011)

2006 red burgundies fit for a queen (Tasting Articles, 15 Aug 2011)

Dom Michèle & Patrice Rion 2006s (Wines of the Week, 15 Sep 2009)

How 2006 burgundies look now (Free for all, 12 Sep 2009)

2006 top burgundy average scores (Inside Information, 11 Sep 2009)

2006 top red burgundies – TNs (Tasting Articles, 10 Sep 2011)

2006 burgundies in bottle (Tasting Articles, 2 April 2009)

J M Boillot, Premier Cru 2006 Montagny (Wines of the Week, 7 Oct 2008)

Louis Latour's 2006s (Tasting Articles, 22 Feb 2008)

Burgundy 2006 – how the wines taste (Free for all, 26 Jan 2008)

Burgundy 2006 – reliable producers (Free for all, 25 Jan 2008)

Burgundy 2006 – the growing season (Free for all, 19 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 6 (Inside Information, 16 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 5 (Inside Information, 14 Jan 2008)

Where to buy 2006 burgundy in the UK (Free for all, 11 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 4 (Inside Information, 11 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 3 (Inside Information, 10 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 2 (Inside Information, 9 Jan 2008)

Best burgundy 2006 buys Part 1 (Inside Information, 8 Jan 2008)

Leflaive's sumptuous 2006s (Inside Information, 7 Jan 2008)

Burgundy 2006 – the official version (Free for all, 6 Dec 2006)

Hospices 2006 – reds static, whites soar (Free for all, 22 Nov 2006)

Hospices de Beaune sale 2006 (Free for all, 27 Oct 2006)

Vintage 2006 in Burgundy, Languedoc and the Douro (Free for all, 20 Oct 2006)


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