Burgundy, North to South
6-Bottle Sampler
by Jane Berg
One of our producers recently sent me a photo he snapped of the Roche de Solutré, the magnificent limestone cliff west of Mâcon that stands tall and proud above a sea of Chardonnay. “Regarde comme c’est beau la Bourgogne!” he said: Look how beautiful Burgundy is! How funny, I thought. Born and raised only a couple hundred kilometers to the north in the Yonne Valley, he was enjoying a quick vacation to le sud (as he called it), leaving him awestruck by the change in scenery. It got me thinking: if a local vigneron bourguignon could revel in the variety of his native region, why couldn’t I? With a mini-excursion in mind, our March sampler offers a tour of Burgundy from north to south—an opportunity to compare and contrast the patchwork of soils, climate, and terroir expressions from the top of the region in Chablis down to the Mâconnais. Sometimes the most enriching journeys are right under our nose.