Aaron A. Wallace

Burgundy was my first love in the world of wine. I really liked the crisp clean citrus and green apple flavors of great steely inexpensive French Chardonnay. In this video I give a very basic overview of the way Burgundy is organized with regional appellations, village appellations, and single vineyards that have been declared premier and grand cru. I also talk about how the various winemakers and negociants have house styles that are apparent throughout the various levels of wine that the merchant produces. These videos where I start to discuss the various regions of famous wine producing countries really show the limitations of the very short youtube videos, to really explain a village in burgundy it will take many minutes just to list all of the various vineyards that have premier and grand cru status let alone to describe why they were elevated to that status.

The lush rolling limestone hills of the Macon form a natural interlude between the Cote d’Or and its satellite the Cote Chalonnaise. As in the Cote d’Or the white grape is Chardonnay, while the Red grape can be either Gamay, or Pinot Noir. The more serious wines are produced to the south of the region under the appellation Pouilly-Fuisse and its satellites.The wine is classified in three broad tiers: Macon, Macon-Villages, and Pouilly-Fuisse and its satellites.