Who said that and is it true?

Also, who's the Brit that said something like "The last time I mistook a Red Burgundy for a red Bordeaux was lunch time."

I also read that once in Coates book on Burgs. I believe the author of the comment was joking.

I think what they meant to say was that almost all red Burgundy does smell and taste like sh**! No other category of wine has left me puzzled as red burgundy. Find a good producer and stick to them. Despite what the French tell us, "zee terroir" makes little difference to the final wine - just ask anyone who has had a lousy $100 bottle of Clos Vougeout, Musigny or others.

Asked the last time he had mistaken Bordeaux for Burgundy, he replied, "Not since lunch."

Certainly wasn't me. I would never mistake Burgundy for Bordeaux!

I opened a bottle of Taupenot-Merme Gevery Chambertin '99 the other week and lo and behold, farm emerged. Very distint, very strong smell of sweet manure. Very addictive. It softened as the wine opened up but a hint remained for the duration of the bottle. Beautiful!

I came here for a good argument!

AH, no you didn't, you came here for an argument!

BirdD- Are you sure that farm smell was coming from the wine? I know how you like to sit and smell your own.....

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Yes, but I came here for an argument.

Oh! Oh! I'm sorry, this is abuse.

Jancis Robinson is mentioning someone doing that mistake at a dinner celebrating him becoming a Master of Wine. Her point in telling us that is that even the best can do that mistake.

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Very distint, very strong smell of sweet manure. Very addictive. It softened as the wine opened up but a hint remained for the duration of the bottle. Beautiful!

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There is no way in the world i can see anything that smeels like cow dung on the sweet side to be a good scent in a wine. ive smelled better cow in a bottle of two buck chuck

Flubis G. Twigg

grossie

I take pride in ALL my bottles. Just like the other thing mentioned, every one is worth a good healthy sniff. You can learn so much by aroma.

Flubis - live and learn!

BD

I came here for a good argument!

AH, no you didn't, you came here for an argument!