Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy

Jasper sits down with his Australian contributor, Tom Kline, for a deep dive into some of Australia's finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Recorded as a live tasting conversation, this episode explores how Australia's cool-climate regions are producing wines that increasingly hold their own on the world stage. Tom brings his on-the-ground knowledge of the producers, sites, and style shifts driving Australian Chardonnay and Pinot Noir today, while Jasper — drawing on decades immersed in Burgundy — offers a comparative lens on structure, terroir expression, and where these wines sit against the benchmarks he knows better than almost anyone alive.
It's a conversation about ambition, climate, and identity — what Australian winemakers are chasing, what they're deliberately doing differently, and where the next tier of quality is coming from.
Wines tasted:
2023 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
2024 Tolpuddle Chardonnay
2024 Giaconda Chardonnay
2024 Mount Mary Chardonnay
2024 Mount Mary Pinot Noir
2024 Tolpuddle Pinot Noir
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The Wine Conversation
67 Pall Mall TV

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This year we are back to discuss the latest Burgundy vintage on Zoom, with all of Jasper's thoughts on this fascinating vintage as well as a live Q&A. Listen to the replay here.
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This year we are back to discuss the latest Burgundy vintage on Zoom, with all of Jasper's thoughts on this fascinating vintage as well as a live Q&A. Listen to the replay here.
Watch the replay on our YouTube channel.
You can also find Jasper's guest appearances on other Podcast/Video channels we work closely with:
The Wine Conversation
67 Pall Mall TV

Bringing Burgundy closer to you with every episode!

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From The Wine Conversation with Sarah Kemp (wine-conversation.com):
 In our latest 10-Minute Masterclass (actually 12 minutes this month, as there was just too much great information to leave out), Jasper Morris MW, author of “Inside Burgundy,” looks at Making White Burgundy. There are conferences about Pinot Noir, he notes, but White Burgundy isn’t talked about enough.
Jasper begins by looking at the main grapes, Chardonnay and Aligoté, and relates how Aligoté used to struggle to ripen, but not any more, as he moves on to the ways producers are modifying viticulture to respond to climate change.
Picking dates are really vital, he explains: “You can test your grapes one day and discover they are 11.5% alc and say that will be alright for a week, but you come back five days later and they’ve shot up to 14% alc already – so you’ve really got to pay a lot of attention.”
Most people press whole bunches, but Jasper favours the method where the grapes are crushed before they press them: “The advantage of that is that you get the juice mixing in with the skin more than if you don’t crush them,” he says. “I’m convinced that Chardonay is not the ballerina grape that Pinot Noir is. I think it is out there on the rugby field getting deep down and dirty, and you ought to make the wine in that way”.
Jasper then examines the role of fermentation vessels, and reveals that many producers are now tending to use larger barrels so there is less wood effect. Producers used not to worry too much about the time and temperature of the fermentation, but today many are looking for shorter fermentations, as long fermentations were thought to be one of the reasons there was premature oxidation in the wines.
When to bottle and which closure to use? Classic White Burgundy needs longer in barrel, Jasper states, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different closures. He concludes by lamenting that wines are now made to be drunk younger, and advises, “If you have a chance, do drink a 25-35-year-old, even a 50-year-old White Burgundy. Properly stored, it’s so magical.”
You can also find Jasper's guest appearances on other Podcast/Video channels we work closely with:
The Wine Conversation
67 Pall Mall TV

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Watch the replay of our live zoom event of Benjamin Leroux with Jasper Morris MW guiding us through the following line up of wines:

Wine Line Up:
2015 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2016 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2017 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2018 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2019 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2020 Chambolle Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses magnum
2010 Clos St Denis
2016 Mazoyeres Chambertin
2017 Volnay Clos de La Cave des Ducs
2020 Volnay Clos de La Cave des Ducs
2009 Meursault Le Porusot
2014 Batard Montrachet (cork)
2014 Batard Montrachet (screw cap)
2014 Corton Charlemagne 
2020 Corton Charlemagne
2017 Chassagne Montrachet Tete Du Clos

Watch the video replay here.
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You can also find Jasper's guest appearances on other Podcast/Video channels we work closely with:
The Wine Conversation
67 Pall Mall TV
Bringing Burgundy closer to you with every episode!
You can also find Jasper's guest appearances on other Podcast/Video channels we work closely with:
The Wine Conversation
67 Pall Mall TV

Bringing Burgundy closer to you with every episode!

Subscribe to my website and get full access to my scores, tasting notes, detailed write-ups on producers and much more:
https://www.insideburgundy.com/register/

See all our events at: https://www.insideburgundy.com/all-events/
Daily updates on our Instagram: @jaspermorris.insideburgundy