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Chablis
Dauvissat
Domaine Laroche
Laurent Tribute
Louis Michel Côte de Nuits
William Fevre Clos Du Tart
Domaine H. Gouges
DRC
Domaine L. Boillot
Domaine Ponsot
Mongeard-Mugneret
T. Liger-Belair
Olivier Bernstein

Côte de Beaune
Alain Gras
Bouchard Père et Fils
Domaine Chanson
Domaine De Courcel Côte Chalonnaise
Domaine LeFlaive Domaine M. Briday
Domaine Matrot
Etienne Sauzet
Francois Carillon
J.M. Boillot
Jean-Philippe Fichet
Lucien Le Moines
Prosper Maufoux Mâconnais
Thomas Morey Domaine Du Roc
Vincent Girardin des Boutires
V & S Morey Domaine M. Briday
Domaine Talmard

BORGOGNE
Many wine lovers claim that the wines of Burgundy are the greatest red and white wines in the world. While others may insist that
Bordeaux or Barolo wines hold that claim. However, Nothing quite compares in aroma and flavor to a great Burgundy.
Burgundy is a long, narrow wine region in eastern France, southeast of Paris. The French call the region Bourgogne. Burgundy is
a fragmented region, consisting of four somewhat contiguous districts (Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, and Mâconnais) and
one district that’s about 70 miles south of the other regions (Beaujolais). With its gothic gables and steep, scalloped roofs, the
town of Beaune is Burgundy's most obvious tourist attraction, but the heart of most wine villages still looks remarkably unchanged
since the Middle Ages when the Dukes of Burgundy ran the region as a rich, self-governing state.
Burgundy is in some ways the most terroir-oriented region in France; immense attention is paid to the area of origin, and in which
of the region's 400 types of soil a wine's grapes are grown. As opposed to Bordeaux, where classifications are producer-driven and
awarded to individual chateaux, Burgundy classifications are geographically-focused. A specific vineyard or region will bear a
given classification, regardless of the wine's producer. This focus is reflected on the wine's labels, where appellations are most
prominent and producers' names often appear at the bottom in much smaller text.
Grand Cru wines are produced by a small number of the best vineyard sites in the Côte d'Or region, as strictly defined by the
AOC laws. These Cru wines make up 2% of the production in Burgundy. Premier Cru wines are produced from specific vineyard
sites that are still considered to be of high quality, but not as well regarded as the Grand Cru sites. Premier Cru wines make up
12% of production of Burgundy. There are 44 communal appellations where the wine carries the name of the village in whose area
it is produced. Finally, 22 regional and district appellations which represent over 41% of total production.

Burgundy in a Nutshell - Small, expensive, infuriating, complicated region that delivers paradise in a bottle with increasing
frequency. ~Jancis Robinson

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