The Wines of Burgundy / Edition 1

by Clive Coates M. W.

Overview

Ten years after the publication of the highly acclaimed, award-winning wine guide Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy, the "Bible of Burgundy," Clive Coates now offers this thoroughly revised and updated sequel. This long-awaited work details all the major vintages from 2006 back to 1959 and includes thousands of recent tasting notes of the top wines, useful as a reference for wine pairing and a primer in how to taste wine. All-new chapters on Chablis and Côte Chalonnaise replace the previous volume's domain profiles. Coates, a Master of Wine who has spent much of the last thirty years in Burgundy, France, considers it to be the most exciting, complex, and intractable wine region in the world, its vineyards and wineries the most likely to yield fine wines of elegance and finesse. This coffee table book is an indispensable guide for the amateur sommelier and food and wine professionals alike by an internationally renowned wine expert, writing with his habitual expertise, lucidity, and unequaled firsthand knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520250505
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	05/12/2008
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	896
Sales rank:	1,164,074
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Clive Coates, MW (Master of Wine), is a renowned wine writer. His fine wine magazine, The Vine, was published from 1984 to 2005. His books include Grands Vins: The Finest Châteaux of Bordeaux and Their Wine, An Encyclopedia of the Wines and Domaines of France, and The Wines of Bordeaux (all from UC Press).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part One: • The Villages, the Vineyards, the Domaines

CHABLIS
THE CÔTE D’OR: THE CÔTE DE NUITS
THE CÔTE D’OR: THE CÔTE DE BEAUNE
CÔTE CHALONNAISE

Part Two: • The Vintages

VINTAGE ASSESSMENTS
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1983
1978
1976
1971
1969
1966
1964
1962
1961
1959

Appendix One: Rating the Vintages
Appendix Two: Rating The Domaines of the Côte d’Or
Appendix Three: Rating the Domaines and Négociants
Appendix Four: Côte d’Or: The Size of the Crop (2005-1949)
Appendix Five: Côte d’Or: Surface Areas: A Summary
Appendix Six: Price Movements
Appendix Seven: Measurements and Conversion Tables

Bibliography
Index
Maps

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A solid, in-depth reference on Burgundy — the best, in fact, since Mr. Coates's own Côte d'Or. . . . An invaluable starting point. "—New York Times

"Coates' magnum opus remains invaluable."—Sf Chronicle

"The serious wine lover would be well advised to invest in this tome."—The Art of Eating

"Resembles the elegant, complex wines that are its subject."—Bloomberg News

"I think my top 2008 recommendation as a reference book would be Clive Coates' The Wines of Burgundy."—Jancisrobinson.com

Editorial Reviews

Highly recommended to anyone with even the slightest interest in Burgundy.

World Of Fine Wine

Coates' magnum opus remains invaluable. . . . A must-have for Burgundy lovers.”

San Francisco Chronicle

I think my top 2008 recommendation as a reference book would be Clive Coates’ The Wines of Burgundy.

Jancis Robinson.com

A solid, in-depth reference on Burgundy — the best, in fact, since Mr. Coates’s own Côte d’Or. . . . An invaluable starting point. “

New York Times

The serious wine lover would be well advised to invest in this tome. And the less serious wine lover will considerably expand his understanding of one of the most fascinating areas in wine.

Art of Eating

No serious Burgophile should be without it.

Wine News

Resembles the elegant, complex wines that are its subject.

Bloomberg News

Has the first and last word on the subject.

Sante

An indispensable guide for Burgundy collectors.

Wine & Spirits Magazine

“The serious wine lover would be well advised to invest in this tome. And the less serious wine lover will considerably expand his understanding of one of the most fascinating areas in wine.

The Art Of Eating

“No serious Burgophile should be without it.

The Wine News

“Coates' magnum opus remains invaluable. . . . A must-have for Burgundy lovers.”

San Francisco Chronicle

“Highly recommended to anyone with even the slightest interest in Burgundy.

The World Of Fine Wine

“I think my top 2008 recommendation as a reference book would be Clive Coates’ The Wines of Burgundy.

Jancisrobinson.com - Jancis Robinson

“A must-have for Burgundy lovers.

SF Chronicle

"A solid, in-depth reference on Burgundy -- the best, in fact, since Mr. Coates's own Côte d'Or. . . . An invaluable starting point. "--New York Times

"Coates' magnum opus remains invaluable."--Sf Chronicle

"The serious wine lover would be well advised to invest in this tome."--The Art of Eating

"Resembles the elegant, complex wines that are its subject."--Bloomberg News

"I think my top 2008 recommendation as a reference book would be Clive Coates' The Wines of Burgundy."--Jancisrobinson.com

From the Publisher

An update to Coates's award-winning 11-year-old book, Côte D'Or, this substantially expanded volume is now the comprehensive guide to Burgundy vintages dating from 1959 to 2006. At the book's center are 43 pages of regional maps delineating estate names and boundaries. New additions include entire chapters devoted to Burgundy's subregions, Chablis and Côte Chalonnaise. A series of concluding appendixes presents yearly crop sizes; a regionally organized, star-rated wine list; and Coates's ratings of whites and reds from 1945 through 2005, with clarification of numbered distinctions. Highly recommended for enological collections.

—Savannah Schroll Guz

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