French wine tastes better in a château. Sure, I’m being glib, but you try not to feel the gravitas when you’re lining up for a tasting of storied Pinot Noir inside the 12th-century walls of Burgundy’s Château du Clos de Vougeot.
And day 2 of the just-completed 2026 Grand Jours de Bourgogne started with the big guns, kicking off with an all-too-brief dive into the heroes of Vosne, featuring storied Burgundian appellations like Clos de Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Echézeaux, Richebourg, etc.
We’re playing in the very deepest end of Pinot to start the day…
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