Burgundy wines can be very smooth, but they aren’t always. Young Red Burgundy wines from some regions can have plenty of tannins. Tannis feel like dryness in your mouth. But as those wines age the tannins mature and become smoother. Other Red Burgundy wines start life with fewer tannins and can be smoother feeling even in their youth. Many white burgundy wines feel very smooth, with roundness from oak barrels and malolactic fermentation. But even these wines almost always have enough freshness and zip to keep them from feeling cloying or dull.