Burgundy buyers need to be braver and let their white wines age for longer and enjoy the reds younger, according to Goedhuis’s buying director David Roberts MW, who said the “fantastic” ’22 vintage gave consumers the opportunity for a rethink. “We all, as consumers, need to change our attitude. These wines are outstanding, we don’t’ need to be waiting 15-20 years to drink them,” he said. “You only need to go to a restaurant in Burgundy now and most of the wines are 2020 or 2019 – and I’m very happy drinking them! The ’22 vintage offers that opportunity to change our mindset to be able to drink red Burgundy, and also white Burgundy young as well as ageing it long-term” The counter argument for the white wine, he noted, is that people have “lost sight of White Burgundy’s ability to age, given the excitement generated by white wines coming out of the region. “I think that these wines we should have more confidence to actually be a bit of a risk and lay down some of our white lines for longer,” he said. “I think many of these red can be drunk young as well as aged, but I think we should all be braver and let our white Burgundies age a bit longer. We can’t bury our heads in the sand, but it’s not what it was and the joys of great old white burgundy is a sensational experience.” “ These wines can age easily for 20-30,
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