Domaine du Vieux Collège, Bourgogne Rouge “Les Champs Foreys”

I don’t think there’s anything I enjoy more than sleuthing around for the stories behind wines labeled ‘Bourgogne Rouge.’ Actually, there is one thing—tasting these wines blind, then doing the sleuthing. Obviously, it’s only worth doing when the wine is exceptional, and today’s vineyard-designate stunner definitely qualifies: Tasting it blind, I pegged this 2017 from Domaine du Vieux Collège as a village-level Gevrey-Chambertin from a serious producer. Those who know Burgundy know that such a wine would cost at least twice as much as this one, so there you have it—a no-brainer to share here on SommSelect! Soon after, we learned that the “Les Champs Foreys” vineyard is a distinguished lieu-dit (named site) in Marsannay, just one door down (or rather, up) from Gevrey-Chambertin and an important Côte de Nuits village in its own right! A classically “Burgundian” technicality keeps this wine from being called Marsannay (see below), and I’d wager that many in Gevrey-Chambertin would be proud