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Aligoté Wine Style: Medium-bodied, crisp, dry wines with spicy character. Flavors: Origin: Burgundy only Found: Burgundy in France only Bourgogne Aligoté is a light white wine blessed by high levels of acidity. People in Burgundy drink it young as Aligoté, which is sold cheaply in France is not a wine that can age such as others. Aligoté stands for a white grape [...]
Beaujolais Wine Style: Typically light, fresh, fruity red wines with little weight and body. Flavors: Origin: South of Burgundy, near Lyons Found: South of Burgundy, near Lyons, in eastern France. Areas: Beaujolais-Blanc, Beaujolais Villages, Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Fleurie, Juliénas, Mouliné-àVent, Morgon, Regnie, Saint Amour. Beaujolais is a fruity, easy to drink red wine made in the Beaujolais region, just south of Burgundy [...]
Chardonnay Wine Style: Chardonnay is from light to medium to fuller-bodied wines. Cooler climate Chardonnays sees an abundance of fruit flavors, especially white fruits. Warmer Chardonnays see lesser fruits, perhaps more honey, vanilla and roasted flavors. Chablis: Lean, sometimes stony white wine made in the Chablis region at north of Burgundy in Eastern France. Flavors include gunflint [...]
Gamay Wine Style: They are mostly immediately drinkable, light- to medium-weight wines with high acidity and low tannins. Flavors: Origin: Burgundy, Loire in France Found: France, and Australia Gamay is a native French variety planted predominately in Beaujolais where it is the grape behind everything from light and often acidic Beaujolais Nouveau through to the more serious and well-structured wines [...]
Pinot Noir Wine Style: It is smooth & richer than Cabernet Sauvignon with less tannin. Flavors: Origin: Burgundy in France Found: Most of the known wine world. From Oregon, and California in the United States to Australia and New Zealand This is thin-skinned grapes which are capable of producing some of the world’s most sought after wines with [...]
2005 Burgundy Tasting @ Brix in Singapore The 2005 vintage was outstanding everywhere in France, especially the 2 Bs. Bordeaux and Burgundy. The profile of the vintage is definitely more red fruit than black. There is a marvelous refreshing mineral feels which made these wines lively and dynamic – perhaps most predicted surpassing 1990, 1999 and 2002. As [...]
Domaine Gros Frere & Soeur Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits Burgundy, France The Gros family is a Burgundy dynasty dating back to the 18th century. Since then, there had been several divisions, with the Gros descendants dividing up family properties as well as acquiring new ones. Founded since 1963, today the winery is managed by Bernard Gros (as seen in [...]