Wine with Leslie: The best of Burgundy from Ireland's wine dealers

"There is something incomparable and rather profound about the way Pinot Noir (and Chardonnay) based wines can taste when sourced from a good producer on a good site in the Côte d’Or or even the Côte Chalonnaise."

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There is an old saying that a passion for wine begins with Bordeaux but always ends up with Burgundy. 

The saying was fairly accurate for me as the first fine wines I coveted and collected in the 1990s were from Bordeaux, and these days, when I can afford it, I crave Burgundy.