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At #whiteburgfest something seems to have gone wro At #whiteburgfest something seems to have gone wrong in this flight. Budding MW students should be able to spot the odd one out…
We’re settling down to our White Burgfest tastings, underneath thunderclouds at the Hameau de Barbiron
🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🥂Les Aligoteurs Pro 🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨

🥂Les Aligoteurs Promote Their 2023 Vintage🥂

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‘When I started out tasting the wonderful wines of burgundy, Aligoté was usually a thin and nasty, overcropped wine, mostly made famous by Canon Kir’s advocacy of mixing it with crème de cassis.
I have in my mind that aligoté is the ancient white grape of burgundy, though Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz in their wonderful Wine Grapes book suggest a first citation (and that under another name) as late as 1780. In common with most other grapes in this part of the world, aligoté is a child of pinot and the ancient white grape gouais. The name could derive from ‘gouais’ transformed into ‘goté’, though it might also be that this heavy bearing vine needed tying up, à ligoter.

Many people cite the advantages of Aligoté Doré, a version which ends the season with golden grapes rather than greener ones, but I remain unclear as to whether or not this is actually a variant, or just a more qualitative strain which when produced by old vines, with a limited yield, grown by conscientious producers, will ripen further than a mass-produced version.

Certain parts of Burgundy have traditionally favoured the aligoté grape, or perhaps the grape has aligned itself well with such areas as Bouzeron, the unique appellation which is entirely dedicated to aligoté at the northern end of the Côte Chalonnaise, Chitry in the Auxerrois, and the area around Pernand-Vergelesses, indeed including Corton-Charlemagne up to the late 19th and into the 20th century. The Grand Cru Charlemagne, as distinct from Corton-Charlemagne, allowed aligoté up until 1948.’

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What are you drinking currently? If you're a newsl What are you drinking currently? If you're a newsletter subscriber, you will have received Jasper's spring message today, including a link to his thoughts on "Which white Burgundy vintages to drink now"

To see what's drinking well now, and will be perfect for spring and summer, go to the website via the link in our bio.

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🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🍷Richebourg in Hong 🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨

🍷Richebourg in Hong Kong🍷

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This report, dating from a dinner in Hong Kong in January 2024, has been maturing nicely alongside the wines. One can make quite a strong argument that the three greatest vineyards for red Burgundy, which are not Monopoles, are Richebourg, Chambertin and Musigny. This particular evening was dedicated to a study of Richebourg principally but not exclusively through the lens of two vignerons. 
The grand cru Richebourg is made up of two lieux-dits, Les Richebourgs itself (5.05ha) at the southern end and Les Verroilles ou Richebourgs (2.98 hectares) to the north. Originally the designation here was Les Verroilles-sous-Richebourg, but a deft piece of marketing changed ‘sous’ (under) to ‘ou’ (or).

There is a slight difference in orientation between the two lieux-dits, with the Verroilles part having the merest fraction of north in with the east as the hillside turns up towards the combe. This would occasion slightly later ripening according to the late Henri Jayer, but no other significant difference. It just needed picking two or three days later. Jean-Nicolas Méo agrees, but notes that the upper part of Les Verroilles keeps the late-season evening sun longer than the rest of the cru. Back in the 19th century Dr Lavalle, writing in 1855, did differentiate by quoting Les Richebourgs as Tête de Cuvée and Les Verroilles as 1ère Cuvée.

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🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🍷A Fascinating Hori 🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨

🍷A Fascinating Horizontal Tasting of Richebourg 2007🍷 

Jasper had the pleasure of tasting the 2007 vintage of nearly all of the Richebourg producers, revisiting impressions of the vintage when it was younger. Some fascinating conclusions emerged, as these wines age well into their window of drinkability. 

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🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨 🌏 Tasmania: the und 🚨NEW TASTING REPORT🚨

🌏 Tasmania: the underdog of Australian still wines 🌏 

Tom Kline introduces us to Tasmania, where wine was first made in the 1820s, but is now seeing a take-off as a surprise contender in the Australian wine scene.

Tasting 50 Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays grown at temperatures sometimes even cooler than Burgundy, Tom discovers why Tasmania is now one of Australia’s leading regions for high-quality still wines. Read now via the link in our bio.

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