managed their vineyards to ensure the heat did not scorch the grapes and retard ripening but in many cases, the grapes were very ripe and lacking in acidity. The oldest vineyards generally fared best in the heat. The harvest for white Burgundy was ...
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After all, some figures suggest well over 10% of all white Burgundy is affected, and for some individual producers the reported figures are closer to 100%. This is not a problem in our collective imagination.
In Burgundy there are two main wines to know: Red Burgundy (Pinot Noir) and White Burgundy (Chardonnay).
Actually, red and white Burgundy can age for a very long time.remember the climate is cooler and there is more acidity in the wine, which helps with the prolonged aging. The wines there taste of mineral, earth, leather, cherry, and other red fruits.
The French wine entries were "a regular Hall of White Burgundy Fame. They had such great vineyards and outstanding producers as Meursault Charmes from Domaine Comtes Lafron and Meursault Perreres from Domaine Coche-Dury.
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Another chance to taste a very slurpy wine from my favourite white Burgundy vineyard 'Les Folatieres'. This beautifully complex Premier Cru Chardonnay had its usual cheessy barrel ferment complexity and subtle hazelnutty fruit.
If, however, you are intent on finding a white Burgundy Chardonnay varietal from the Cote d' Or region, you will have to find a wine with a label that indicates an even more specific appellation, such as "St. Aubin" or "Puligny-Montrachet".
Many fine whites age beautifully, from white Burgundy to Riesling. Well-cared-for Muscadet can be beautiful for more than a decade.
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region this confusion appeared in the synonyms for each grape with Pinot blanc being known as "Weissburgunder" (White Burgundy) and Chardonnay was known as "Gelber Weissburgunder" (Golden White Burgundy).
According to local legend, the great French white Burgundy, Corton-Charlemagne, owes its existence, not to the emperor Charlemagne, but to his wife.
Australia 's Hunter Valley uses it solo to make a full-bodied white that used to be known as Hunger Riesling, Chablis or White Burgundy.
French white burgundy is a chardonnay wine, as is much champagne. While dry, these wines are full-bodied, often because they are aged in oak.
Aligoté, the 'second' grape type of white Burgundy, which generally produces rather thin and lean wines, which can be refreshing and nervy but little more.
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Some white wines also have a perceptible tannic taste, such as a full-bodied white Burgundy or white Bordeaux, that came from the oak barrels they fermented in.
Because of this, such grape-names as Cabernet Sauvignon for red Bordeaux, Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc for Sauternes, Pinot Noir for red Burgundy and Chardonnay for white Burgundy, (etc), are now embedded in the "wine-speak" language.
Burgundian white-wine grape, considered unimpressive but may turn up in modest white Burgundy of good value.
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Usually applied to robust red wines of great substance, such as a Châteauneauf-du-Pape, or to white wines with full, assertive bouquet, such as a big white Burgundy.
Ripe
Full; tasting of ripe fruit, without a trace of greenness.
One bottle of special-occasion white, such as a chardonnay you've been dying to try or a white Burgundy.
One of the Grand Cru vineyards of Chablis, in the Burgundy region of France. The wine is made from the Chardonnay grape, and is often cleaner and more crisp than other Chardonnay or even other white Burgundy.
In its Burgundy, France it’s homeland, Chardonnay was for the sole vine responsible for all of the finest white Burgundy.
interacts with air in the bottle over years (or, more quickly, after the bottle is opened), and turns brown, Sherrylike and unattractive. A controlled edge of oxidation, however, may be normal and even desirable in an old, ageworthy White Burgundy.
wine interacts with air in the bottle over years or, more quickly, after the bottle is opened. The wine often turns brown and unattractive. A controlled edge of oxidation, however, may be normal and even desirable in an old, ageworthy White Burgundy.
At its best, white Burgundy is the greatest and most long-lived expression of the Chardonnay grape, combining complex smoky, toasty, buttery, nutty and mineralic elements with firm acidity that holds everything together.
 See also: White, Burgundy, Red, Sauvignon, Pinot
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