This place, known as the Montrachet of Champagne, is an island of Chardonnay in a sea of Pinot Noir. This bottle is about 90% from 2006, with 80% of that vinified in tank and 20% vinified in used Burgundy barrels. And not because the wines aren't accessible - they are highly drinkable and easy to love. Excellent wine. MORE >>

Not too many decades ago, nefarious producers and negotiants used inexpensive wine from the south of France to add volume to Pinot Noir from Burgundy. and for Mr. Russel-Pinot, aged White Churchill White Port and Vintage - Grahams 1980 port. Guests at the 21 Club. Did you know that the U.S. in 2004 alone. MORE >>

Veronique Drouhin Boss is the winemaker at Domaine Drouhin in Oregon and is co-winemaker at her family’s negociant house in Burgundy, Maison Joseph Drouhin, which a Beaujolais Villages that is particularly lip-smacking in 2007 and is widely available for $9.95. 2) We avoid expensive grapes like cabernet or pinot noir. MORE >>

The hills of Champagne, as in Burgundy, are divided into many individually named vineyards, some containing more than one lieu-dit , or named parcel. Beginning with the 2007 vintage, he makes an old vines Pinot Meunier from the vineyard of Les Misy in Port à Binson. Champagne houses, in general, followed a different path. MORE >>

This is because the wine is from a place that actually favors and specializes in Pinot Noir, not Chardonnay. The terroir left a stamp here that after 25 years continues to speak as loudly as the grape. We drank three mature white Burgundy wines, one from Meursault, one from Puligny, and one Corton-Charlemagne. MORE >>