Comments on: Wine Blogging Wednesdays #39: Silver Burgundy

By: Property in Burgundy

Property in Burgundy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:19:09 +0000

Youre lucky to get it for that price! We have to pay twice that in the UK :(

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:15:30 +0000

And I thought I would be the only one with “Les Clous”! I actually tried de Villaine’s Bouzeron, but posted it a while ago. Cheers!

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:54:52 +0000

Thanks Martin! I stand corrected. I must have seen a bottle that looked identical on the web, discussed as an Aligote, and thought this was it. I did see that post at Wine Terroirs, you’ll see I linked there within mine. Thanks for the info.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:51:49 +0000

Check out the WineTerroir’s blog about his visit to the Villaine estate. [http://www.wineterroirs.com/2006/03/de_villaine.html] and he notes that the “Les Clous” is Chardonnay. Also, if a wine is labeled “Bourgogne” and is white, it must be made of Chardonnay unless it says “Bourgogne Aligote”, with the singular exeption of a wine labeled as simply “Bouzeron.” The wine you tasted only lists Bouzeron as the locaiton of the winery, but says Appellation Bourgogne Controlee. If it was aligote it would say Appellation Bouzeron Controlee. Villaine does make an aligote from the Bouzeron AC as well as your Chardonnay.

By: Erika Strum

Erika Strum — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:01:36 +0000

Hi Martin–

I’m confused. You say my wine was “indeed Chardonnay” but then you discuss it as an Aligote, as I thought it was. Are you meaning to say it was in fact, a Chardonnay (making me mistaken) or an Aligote?

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:11:25 +0000

Your wine was indeed Chardonnay. The producer’s aligote is labeled as Bouzeron, and the producer is really cool–they’re essentially the same folks that run DRC. The also make some Pinot Noir-based Chalonnaise wines. But Les Clous is their Chardonnay cuvee. And the ‘05 is nice, and not that pricey. The Bouzeron is one of the few “serious” aligotes I’ve had.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:50:40 +0000

I need to get into Astor- I’ve never even been there!

I do work for WE. Appellation is at 156 10th ave. Near 20th or so.

By: Brooklynguy

Brooklynguy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:43:37 +0000

my current favorites are Chambers Street Wines and Prospect Wine Shop in Brooklyn, but i’ve been really into Champagne lately and Astor (ugh) has good prices. I’ve never heard of Appellation – where is it exactly? You don’t work for WE then?

By: Erika Strum

Erika Strum — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:48:45 +0000

Thanks Andrew, let me know what you think of it. I finished off the bottle tonight with my Mom and she didn’t really dig it either. Curious what others think.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:10:20 +0000

Never mind, found the retailer when I re-read your post. I’ll check it out there.