Golden. White Burgundy is one world’s greatest gustatory inventions. Rarely does the marriage of winemaker, grape, and land create the perfection possible here. Many of the finest wines we’ve ever tasted — of any color or origin — have been Chardonnays from the golden hillsides of Burgundy.
Perhaps the single most exciting white Burgundy we’ve found in the last few years has come from the oft-forgotten town of Ladoix. Wedged into the border between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, Ladoix lies just north of the famous Grand-Cru covered hill of Corton. It’s an unlikely place for an exceptional wine, and yet the source for a real discovery.
Many readers will have enjoyed the Bourgogne blanc from the Domaine Ravuat, a wine with a delicious thickness but without a distracting heaviness. Today’s post is for the Bourgogne’s more muscular older brother, the 2014 Ladoix blanc.
Thick and elegant. It was this wine, described by wine writer Bill Nanson as a “baby Corton-Charlemagne,” that first drew us to the Ravaut domaine. We found his comment spot on — this is an admirable impression of the famous Grand Cru white, and one that can be had at less than half the price. Ravaut is a family domaine of the highest quality, and one that continues to sell more than half their wine to loyal individual customers.
Fans of Ravaut’s Bourgogne will love this wine, which shows richness at an unmistakably elevated and refined level. Notes of caramel, herbs and baked lemon melt effortlessly with soft toasted wood and precise minerality. The mouthfeel is long and dense, with exceptional depth and delicate freshness.
This is a wine to convert anyone to white Burgundy. For those already converted, we can’t recommend it enough.
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RAVAUT Ladoix blanc 2013
Ansonia Retail: $46
case, half-case: $39/bot
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AVAILABLE IN 6- AND 12- BOTTLE LOTS
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