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Trader Joe's $11.99 Burgundy Pinot Noir Will Class Up Your Spring
Step into the world of affordable French wine excellence with our latest tasting adventure! We're exploring a genuine Burgundian Pinot Noir that defies expectations at just $11.99 from Trader Joe's. The Divergué Taboureau Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2023 represents an incredible opportunity to experience authentic French winemaking from the spiritual homeland of Pinot Noir without the premium price tag usually associated with wines from this prestigious region.
What makes this bottle particularly fascinating is how it embodies traditional Burgundian winemaking philosophy with its restrained 12.5% alcohol content - a stark contrast to many California Pinot Noirs that push 14-15%. The result is a subtly complex wine that might seem shy at first sip but reveals layers of delicate cherry notes and surprising length as you continue to enjoy it. This represents the classic European approach that prioritizes elegance and food compatibility over bold fruit and high alcohol.
The historical credentials behind this bottle add another dimension of interest. The producer's roots trace back to 1868 when two families joined through marriage to establish the winery, which operated under family ownership until 1925. While this particular bottling appears to be produced specifically for retailers like Trader Joe's, it maintains authentic Burgundian character that makes it perfect for Easter ham pairings, summer afternoon sipping on the patio, or any occasion where you want a versatile, food-friendly red that won't overwhelm your palate or your wallet. Give this affordable French gem a try and discover what makes traditional Burgundian Pinot Noir so special without spending a fortune!
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hey, welcome it's domain, dave. Cheap wine fightercom again. Um, we're doing wine reviews. This is april. We're kind of doing kind of easter ones sort of today.
Speaker 1:We have a 11.99 trader joe's um french pinot noir, uh, from Burgundy. Its name is Divergué Taboureau, bourguenay Pinot Noir 2023. That's three French words in a row that I probably mispronounced each one of them. Bourguenay is, and it's spelled here, b-o-u-r-g-o-g-n-e. That's how the French pronounce and spell the region. We in the United States call it Burgundy, and I read somewhere that every country has a different name for Burgundy for whatever reason. I'm not quite sure why, and since they're all in foreign languages, I didn't want to remember any of them.
Speaker 1:So this is a Pinot Noir from Burgundy, which is the kind of like the home of both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and it's also the home of the most expensive Chardonnays and Pinot Noir in the world, though this one is. Well, it's an AOC, which is the solid level of wine in the French hierarchy of wine, where they designate different levels. That it's only Burgundy, only from Burgundy, means it's kind of like a general from the region. They break it up into different regions and then there's different towns and there's crew, and this is like the lowest of the good level. And there you go. And the most expensive. French Pinot Noirs are some of the greatest wines in the world and they don't really bring a lot of the other wines into the United States. For one thing, california does a really good job on wine and value price Pinot Noir where the French don't want to be, especially in Burgundy, they don't want to be your value wine produced, they want to sell you the $500 wines.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna take a sip of this one and this is for that, for Easter. The wine selections for both Easter and Thanksgiving are about the same, because the is turkey, which is a mild meat, and Easter is ham, and ham can be cooked different ways to make it bolder or milder. But Pinot Noir with its cherry main cherry flavors, go with both. I'm going to take a sip. It's a subtle wine, good length, the flavors are subtle but they kind of grow in you as it goes along. You go. Hmm, this is a little bit shy, but it's not. Once you take the second and third sip it actually it's actually quite tasty.
Speaker 1:One thing about this is it's 12.5 in the alcohol, which is what for years that's like Pinot Noir was never supposed to go above that. Alcohol adds body to a wine. In a solid French Burgundian style, pinot Noir Did not have a lot of alcohol to it. I mean Miomi can be 15.2 or something, and California, because it gets warm, even though when they're doing it in the Burgundian style, which most of the Pinot Noirs are, at least the old school ones are the newer ones that follow Miomi. Don't that follow me on me, don't? They're 14, some 13, 5, 14. So this one's got the body of the traditional pinot noir. Uh, dervigay tabarro, which is the, uh, the name on the label.
Speaker 1:They were a, um, a Burgundy winery founded in 1868. Two families married together and the husband and wife, one, was the, and they ran it until 1925 after they both passed away and it was sold to another person and the people who bought it I have all the links in the website review on cheapwinefindercom and they still make it and that winery is still here and they're in Burgundy and they have the full array of all their wines and their crews and everything else. They're a good winery. This seems to be the label they use for maybe store brands and private brands, to be the label they use for maybe store brands and private brands you don't see. I mean, you see other other labels, other bottlings, but you know this is not something that they have on their own website. So it's a pretty nice, subtle tasty Pinot Noir in the old style and it's a style that most of the major California wine producers follow. Though California it's a lot warmer, they can't follow it all the way.
Speaker 1:It would pair well with the meal. At 12.5, it's not too much alcohol. It does have enough acidity to cut through all the things you need to do like cut through the palate. It brings something really kind of fresh and because it's subtle, it makes you kind of go what is that? What is that? Which is kind of cool for a $12 wine. I mean, it really kind of brings you in a little bit and really great as an outdoor patio pounder. You know I'm on a hot day. This is this low alcohol. You know light to medium-bodied red wine would just really cut it and do well. So it's the Du Verguet Tablero Bourguignon Pinot Noir 2023. At $11.99 for the bourguignon, it's cheap, it's good. I would take a look if you were where you. This is Domain Day. Keep's cheap, it's good. I would take a look if you were I were you. This is Domain Day. Keep it cheap and I'll talk to you in a couple days. Bye-bye.