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The white wines of Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune are considered by many to be the greatest whites in the world. The most famous of these come from the villages of Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, and Meursault. Worldwide demand makes these wines very expensive; any entry-level village Puligny from a famous maker will sell for more than a hundred dollars, and the grand crus can cost five or 10 times as much.
But there are less exalted villages in Burgundy producing excellent chardonnays. (Don’t call them chardonnays in Burgundy or you’ll get dirty looks. Place trumps grape in France. Grapes are just delivery systems for the taste of a specific site what the French call terroir.) My favorite of these villages is Saint-Aubin, which in recent years has been emerging from obscurity thanks to the efforts of some of Burgundy’s top white winemakers. It is one of 70 villages in France named after a 6th-century bishop known for his generosity to widows and orphans,
La Paulée de New York 2020: Era-defining
By Jordan Mackay | April 12 2021
La Paulee 2020. All photography courtesy of La Paulée
The 20th anniversary edition of the celebration of Burgundy proved to be a spectacular occasion
From only one year out, reflecting on La Paulée de New York 2020 feels like gazing back into another era. As it always does, the great celebration of Burgundy took place at various venues across the Big Apple in the chilly, windblown first week of March. But this first week of March also happened to be the last week of a particular epoch in world history. Were those of us merrily clinking glasses of the world’s greatest Pinot Noir and Chardonnay akin to the merrymakers on the decks of the
Era-defining
Jordan Mackay recalls the spectacular 20th anniversary edition of the celebration of Burgundy and previews this year’s online Paulée Mondiale, March 10–21
From only one year out, reflecting on La Paulée de New York 2020 feels like gazing back into another era. As it always does, the great celebration of Burgundy took place at various venues across the Big Apple in the chilly, windblown first week of March. But this first week of March also happened to be the last week of a particular epoch in world history. Were those of us merrily clinking glasses of the world’s greatest Pinot Noir and Chardonnay akin to the merrymakers on the decks of the