Wine of the Day, No. 354

Certainly the most important white grape in Burgundy is chardonnay, and many would argue that in those low, southeast-facing hills below the city of Beaune, in vineyards surrounding the villages of Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligy-Montrachet, the grape reaches its apotheosis. (Producers in California, say in Russian River Valley, Sonoma Coast …