Then how should one enter the complex world of red Burgundy? I would advise a full case, twelve bottles of a single wine, a Savigny or Pernand, a Mercurey or Rully, something like that. Go through the case, bottle by bottle, before moving on to another. Unless it is flawed of course, do not judge it one way or another. Rather, listen to it, see what it has to say, get to know it. Next try one of the premier cru vineyards from Volnay or Pommard, Chambolle or Nuits, for example, always listening to the wine instead of imposing upon it your own preconceptions.

