Searching For Answers In Burgundy! 🇫🇷

The second I have tasted Pinot Noir, I fell in love with it and I knew that I have to come and search in the meaning of Pinot. Here I am in the motherland of Pinot, which is Burgundy. Follow me as I discover the love for the wine Pinot Noir. Bottoms up. >> [music] [music] >> Excuse me. Excuse [music] me. What does Burgundy mean to you? >> What does Burgundy? >> Yes. >> Wine. >> I don't want to mess up this business. Do you mind? >> [music] >> We do this. Do you mind? Burgundy. Oh la. Stop. La. La. Stop stop. Okay? Do you mind? We. Hello. Oh. Excuse me. What makes Burgundy so special that they have the best Pinot Noir? >> Yes. Why? Because we have the the terroir and in Burgundy it's very important to have a good condition for plantation and the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay because like like this you have a Chardonnay, yes? >> Yes. >> And next to Chardonnay we have Pinot Noir. The best wine is in Burgundy. >> Guys, we'll continue asking the question until we get the perfect answer. >> [music] >> Do you speak English? [music] No English? >> [music] [music] >> What does What does Burgundy mean to you? >> Burgundy means very nice wine, nice food, and nice people. >> If I've never tried the wine, how would you describe it? >> Powerful. Uh very fruity and amazing. >> I love your bow tie. >> [laughter] >> Thank you, sir. >> Until now, I never understood what I'm searching for, but coming here, I'm in a deeper level. I'm in the next chapter. Let's see. I'm not sure where I'm going, but hopefully I'll find someone that can answer me that question. Hello. Bonjour. This is Burgundy. You just walk through, you find a hole in the wall. What is Burgundy? >> Wha- Wha- What is Burgundy? >> Yes. >> The Burgundy is good wine, good food, uh nice nice people. >> If you can explain it in one word to to somebody that never tried Burgundy wines, what would you tell them? >> The best It's a It's possible to have the diversity make you you can find [music] the the wine you like. >> What is so special about Burgundy wines that everybody is raving about? There's so many other >> We don't have oil, but we we have good wine. >> Just a random another hole in the floor. Let's see what's happening. Ah, the smell. Excuse me. What does Burgundy mean to you? Look around. Smell it. Just We have another cellar. Maybe there is the answer. Let's see. What? Okay. >> [music] >> I liked wine in [music] my early 20s, but I when I really fell in love with wine is when I discovered Pinot Noir. >> So, you are in the land in the best land of Pinot Noir. >> Mhm. >> What is special in Burgundy also is that you have this history of what we call the climat. What is climat? As you know, in Burgundy, in in in France in general, in Europe in general, we have all this story of the appellation. The appellation is the area where the the the the vines are located, okay? But in Burgundy, it's very special because even inside the appellation you have another selection is it's the every plot, what we call the climat. [music] And what is also very special as you can see here, we have totally different exposition. So, that will mean that every plot will have a different effect by the weather, by the by the the the the the rain, but by the sun, everything. >> Will you be able to taste it in a wine? The different plots? >> Of course. Of course. >> Bordeaux, yes, it's great, but Bordeaux is like when somebody tells you, "Oh, I had great steak today." But Burgundy is I had truffles. You know, there's something about Burgundy [music] that gives that little >> Uh first of all, because I think because the Pinot Noir it's a it's a varietal, it's a grape that it's very delicate. So, you can have some some year that the wine will be really not good. And you can see then some of you can taste some Pinot Noir from other region of the world, it's always very complicated to find a good Pinot Noir. And in Burgundy, it's the land of the Pinot Noir. >> [music] [music] >> Maybe the answer is here. I think this is the answer. We're still in search of meaning of Burgundy. And I see this guy working in the fields. I'm sure he has some answer that he can help me understand. Bonjour? English? No? Well, maybe he doesn't have the answer, but we'll keep on searching. >> This is our region. It's the place where we are living in Burgundy. It's a region and almost a way to [music] live. >> What's so special with the wine? >> So, it is the wine we grew up with our wines and after for us this is the style of wine we like. >> So, for you it's just simple. Good wine, good food, that is Burgundy. I like the beautiful simple life. I see. That's it. And good family. Thank you. What is Burgundy? This is part of Burgundy. But, why is it more special than Bordeaux and other places? >> Well, I don't know. >> Come on. Up. Oui, oui. Really? Really magic. Bring me out. >> [music] [music] >> Why Burgundy? Because Burgundy is the land of Pinot Noir, because Burgundy is the land of Chardonnay. And if you want to get the best Pinot Noir of the world, this is the place. >> [music] >> That's it. >> That's enough. >> Thank you. >> [music]