The Oxford Companion tells us that Meursault is a “large and prosperous village… producing mostly white wines from the Chardonnay grape…. Meursault is a village in the southern Côte de Beaune subdistrict of the Côte d’Or region. The Oxford Companion to Wine tells us that the Côte d’Or is “the heart of the Burgundy wine region,” and that Chardonnay is grown on approximately 49% of Burgundy vineyards (the other major wine grown there is Pinot Noir). Our Meursault came from the Côte d’Or region of Burgundy (the word “côte” means hillside or slope, so the name of the region literally means “golden slopes” or “golden hillsides”). ![]() As noted in The World Atlas of Wine, “Burgundy is not one big vineyard, but the name of a province that contains several distinct and eminent wine regions.” A tribe of Burgundians from Scandinavia settled the area in the fifth century, giving the area its name. According to The Oxford Companion to Wine, vineyards dating to the first century have been found in the area. ![]() Called Bourgogne in French, it is famous for well-regarded red and white wines, with whites coming almost entirely from chardonnay grapes. I have worked with a number of proud growers, each with his distinctive style, each with plots of vineyard in several different sections of the slope, so that Meursault has become in my mind a mosaic of friendly faces, cellars, and wines.Īs a refresher from wines from Burgundy we’ve reviewed earlier, Burgundy is, of course, a famous wine-growing region in east central France. Meursault has been kind to me over the years. Here are the Chardonnays that launched a thousand Chardonnays, which all the wine-producing countries of the world desire to emulate…. The Côte d’Or is largely, almost exclusively, planted in Pinot Noir until you arrive at Meursault, Puligny, and Chassagne, today’s great white Burgundy villages. Our wine for this review is another white wine from Burgundy – a Chardonnay from the village of Meursault (pronounced “Mehr-so”) and the Domaine Rémi Jobard. Once again a reminder – Lynch’s book is by far one of the most enjoyable and informative books about wine you’ll read. ![]() This is the thirteenth in a review of wines that were mentioned in the great book by Kermit Lynch, Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Lover’s Tour of France. “If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us out of the imminent night”
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