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White burgundy

I was inspired to write this article after being served a beautiful Meursault 1er cru Charmes 2002 yesterday night at a farewell dinner (thanks Fabien). 

At that time it was bucketing down after a beautiful spring day in Paris, we had in fact started the summer season by having lunch in the garden zipping to another great white : Puligny Montrachet...

Yes life is tough, thus a few words on white burgundy.  Burgundy is complex and complicated with more than 500 AOC, but it is easier to find a good burgundy white than red. The white is all about 100% Chardonnay (like in Chablis) and the best ones bears the village names on the bottle (see below). The burgundy whites are different from Chablis due to the soil and they are often less acidic, with more body, butter and lime.

I refer to the article Understanding Burgundy for the different categories and villages. Below are some examples of the best white wine AOC's and their producers that we have taken to like,

Puligny- Montrachet 2004 by Clotilde & Pascal Vecten around 20€ 
17,5 Great smell of lime, butter, minerals and big well balanced taste 

Chassagne-Montrachet 2003 1er cru (Clos de la Triffiere) 
by Vincent Girardin 25-30€
18,6 Great wine flowers, flint, butter, lime, long mineral taste wonderful stuff
  
Chassagne-Montrachet 2004 1er cru Vieilles Vignes, 
Vincent Girardin around 25€
18,1 Smell of sea, minerals, lime, long fruity taste, big

Meursault 2002 1er cru Charmes by Monnier
ca18 Great smell of butter and lime, "golden" taste with smooth acidity

Saint-Aubin 2005 1er cru "En Remilly" by Hubert Lamy
18,7 I thought white burgundy couldn't get better than those above this is fantastic stuff combining all above elements!

The big houses like Bouchard, Drouhin, Jadot and Louis Latour also make white burgundy. In addition we have had some 1996 some lately which were excellent,
Puligny-Montrachet by Louis Carillon
Meursault by Remi Jobard


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