Wherever it has been possible to make wine, habits and traditions have developed around it
When you hear someone say that they make wines in the tradition of Burgundy, you should ask them the following questions:
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Are your grapes grown without the use of irrigation?
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Are your wines fermented with the indigenous yeasts from the vineyard?
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Are your wines generally aged in small oak cooperage for a minimum of 18-20 months?
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Do you sometimes speak French in the cellar?
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If the answer to any of these questions is “No” then they are “faux Burgundians!”
At Cameron Winery and in many of the cellars of our associates in the Deep Roots Coalition, the answers are unqualified “Yes!” In addition the grapes are grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fungicides.
The wines of Cameron are extremely age-worthy and the patient consumer will be amply rewarded years down the road by sticking them away. Both the Pinot noirs and Chardonnays from the single-vineyard sources can comfortably sit in your cellar for 10 years and more as long as you maintain a cool cellar temperature.