Bouzeron (wine region)
The Bouzeron wine-growing region is a small community appellation in the northwest corner of the Côte Chalonnaise wine-growing region in Burgundy . Since February 17, 1998 it has had the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wine that is only made from the white Aligoté grape native to Burgundy . The vineyard area is about 51 hectares distributed over the two communities of Bouzeron and Chassey-le-Camp. The average annual production between 2004 and 2008 was 2886 hectoliters.
Geography, climate and soil
Bouzeron is just a few kilometers south of the Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay wine-growing regions . The vineyards are located at a height of 270 m to 350 m on both sides of the municipality of Bouzeron on the slopes of the Montagne de l'Ermitage in the northwest and the Montagne de la Folie in the southeast. The climate is continental.
The vines stand on nutrient-poor clay and limestone soils, which are only in a thin layer above rocky subsoil. The shape of the landscape originated in the Middle and Upper Jurassic around 155 to 160 million years ago.
character
After Bouzeron had already received the status of Bourgogne Aligoté de Bouzeron in 1979 , it was above all the work of Aubert de Villaine , the co-owner of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and one of the leading winemakers in Bouzeron, that led to a decisive increase in the quality of the wines . The result was recognition as an independent appellation in 1998.
A special variant of the Aligoté grape, the so-called Aligoté doré, is grown in the wine-growing region. It produces lower yields and more aromatic wines than its sister grape Aligoté vert. The wines are characterized by pleasant freshness and minerality with hints of citrus fruits. The aging potential of the wines is low. They are best drunk within two to three years.
literature
- Clive Coates : The wines of Burgundy . University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-520-25050-5 .
- Hugh Johnson , Steven Brook : The Great Johnson: The Encyclopedia of Wines, Regions, and Winemakers of the World . 6th completely revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1621-5 .