Bourgogne Tasting 2017

Een overzicht van de tasting Bourgogne 2017

Chardonnay

• Cool climate: Green and citrus fruit, high acid, dry
• Moderate climate: Citrus and stone/melon fruit, medium/high acid, dry
• Hot climate: Tropical fruit (pineapple, banana), medium acid, dry
• Other flavours
• Malolactic: cream, butter, butterscotch, hazelnut
• Oak: vanillin, toast, nut, coconut, coffee
• Lees: yogurt, creaminess, savouriness
• Age: hazelnut, honey, toastiness, oatmeal, savouriness
• Autolysis: bread, toast, biscuit

The Burgondes

• In the early 5th century, the region to become Bourgogne is ravaged by barbarian invasions

• About 450: settlement of the Burgondes in the region and foundation of the Burgundia kingdom

• 880: constitution of the Duchy of Bourgogne from a few Earldoms

• The Church, in a period of great change became increasingly independent. Extraordinary wave of renewal of religious life.

• 909: foundation of the Abbey of Cluny which is to become the largest landowner in Bourgogne, with vines at Pommard, Auxey, Santenay, Rully, Mercurey, Givry, Gevrey, etc.

• At the end of the 6th century, Grégoire de Tours reports that his great grandfather, the bishop of Langres, preferred the see of Dijon which had, "towards the setting sun, very fertile slopes covered with vines..."

Many donations to religious organisations

• 630: the abbey of Bèze receives land from Duke Amalgaire in Gevrey (Clos de Bèze), Vosne and Beaune

• 775: donation by Charlemagne of his vineyards of Aloxe-Corton to the monastery of Saulieu

• 867: donation of the Chablis domain to abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours from Charles the Bald

Bourgogne today: a unique situation

• Bourgogne is at the cross of Mediterranean influences from the South, mainland from the North and oceanic from the West.

• This geographical situation of the vineyards gives a unique identity to the wines of Bourgogne and make this soil the perfect place for the growing of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.