Stick with me for 15 years and we'll be in great shape. Until then, we'll have to rely on yours!

Now I can only hope that my 2005 Burgundy buys don't turn out like my 2000 Bordeaux buys. Lots of very good wine but I can't say I'll be too excited to drink them when they are ready. The truth hurts.

Same here. I bought extremely heavy into 2000 Bordeaux then turned around and sold most of them to winebid when my tastes changed to pinot. So, what do I do... I buy heavy into 2002 Burgundy and pray that my tastes don't steer back to Cabernet. I'll not be buying as heavy into 2005 Burgundy except for a few lower level, early drinking wines.

I've been more savvy when buying 2005 Burgundies vs. 2000 Bordeauxs - most of the burgs are producers that I have enjoyed in the past, while for Bordeaux I bought overwhelmingly blind. I also have been picking up a bunch of village level wines - recently Denis Bachelet's Gevrey VV and Cotes de Nuits Villages (very excited about these!)

By necessity, I am flying a little blind here. I have had a fair amount of Burgundies over the past year and a half, but almost none before. There is a progression theory that I ascribe to (try village level wines from various producers to get a sense of house style), but there isn't a lot of time to do that in most cases. I have been carefully reading reviews from Alan Meadows, John Gilman and Claude Kolm and trying to make informed choices. Burghound certainly seems to drive the PC market! Highly rated wines sell out in 30 minutes or less it seems. The good news is that there will be second chances on most wines.

I put my latest 2005 purchases in the same category as my Hospices de Nuits and Hospices de Beaune auction purchases. I hope that they turn out well, but I am buying sight unseen. My guess is that if you are patient, the 2005 Burgundies will be a welcome addition to your cellar. I have had a lot of 1982 and 1970 Bordeaux in the past couple of years and would be thrilled to any of them in my cellar. My 1986 Bordeaux purchases would have been a huge mistake if I had wanted to drink them over the last 20 years. In 5 years or so I expect that I'll be thrilled to have all of them as well.

2005 clos des lambrays $95
2005 prieur musingy $300-in 05 i guess this will be the poor man's musigny since i am afraid most of the others will be well north of $450-500.
2005 michel ecard savigny-les-beaune serpentieres $34.66 tasted one and it is an excellent wine and value.

put my wish list in on a bunch of lignier-michelots at very attractive pricing.

Inching my way in...

2005 Charmes Chambertin, Raphet
2005 Echezeaux, Lamarche
2005 Corton Renardes, d'Ardhuy
2005 Clos Vougeot, Potel
2005 Clos Vougeot, d'Ardhuy
2005 Clos Vougeot, Lamarche

2005 Pousse d'Or Santenay Clos des Tavannes 1er Cru
2005 Pousse d'Or Volnay 60 Ouvrees 1er Cru

Ahem...Woodland Hills has pretty fair pricing on these right now....

Yes they do.

2005 Pousse d'Or Santenay Clos des Tavannes 1er Cru
2005 Pousse d'Or Volnay 60 Ouvrees 1er Cru
2005 Pousse d'Or Volnay Bousse d'Or

I think I'm *almost* done shopping for 2005s.

Just saw that Roumier Musigny 2005 is almost $1700/btl at Woodland Hills!!!

De Vogue Musigny at $415 is being billed as a screaming buy. That's too rich for me.

From Woodland Hills:

2005 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses
2005 Simon Bize Latricières-Chambertin

A case of 2005 Laurent Marsannay Clos du Roi at $15 from PC - Tanzer made me do it.  Even if this wine turns out to be at the low end of his scoring range (88-91), I'll have a rarity in the wine world - a decent low cost cellar defender that also happens to be a red burgundy.

Wineaux

This sounds like a wine that might fit the bill of what I'm looking for.  I want pick up 3-4 bottles of a couple different wines in this price range.  Sounds like this is a good start.

I'd look at the Roty Marsannay's as well.  A bit more pricey, usually $20-$30, but pretty good, even in a vintage like 00 and 01 they were decent wines.  Stef usually picks up 3-4 bottles each vintage.

Why not try my first test post on this thread.  This is where my comfortable retirement has gone.

Even though I have moved on to 2006 and now consider the 2005's passé:

2005 Domaine Huber-Verdereau Volnay Les Robardelles Vieilles Vignes
2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Clos Vougeot

and now that BH has said it's the best vintage since 1978?

Cooling my jets waiting for the '07's.