- Wine purchase, drinking and advance reading are optional. The full lesson and quiz can be followed alcohol-free.
Level 5 · Lesson 3
Burgundy and Beaujolais: Place at Finer Scale
15:25C35
Before you press play
Choose your preparation track
You do not need to buy every comparison wine. Choose the track that matches your time, budget, and interest.
- Optional open-label flight: 6 distinct wines. Keep labels visible, use small pours, provide water, food and spit cups, and use the pauses across more than one sitting if helpful.
- A — Louis Jadot Chablis (Chablis). Grape/style: Chardonnay. Northern Chardonnay orientation. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Chablis white, producer-confirmed cellar handling.
- B — Louis Jadot Bourgogne Chardonnay (Burgundy). Grape/style: Regional Chardonnay. Broad origin Chardonnay anchor. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Regional Bourgogne Chardonnay; verify oak and vintage.
- C — Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuissé (Mâconnais). Grape/style: Chardonnay. Compare a more geographically specific Chardonnay. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Village-appellation Chardonnay with actual origin and production verified; no grand cru purchase required.
- D — Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir (Burgundy). Grape/style: Regional Pinot Noir. Broad-origin Pinot Noir anchor. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Regional Bourgogne Pinot Noir with vintage identified.
- E — Louis Jadot Pommard (Côte de Beaune). Grape/style: Pinot Noir. Village Pinot Noir comparison. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Documented village Pinot Noir; cost-qualified shared bottle or sample is acceptable.
- F — Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages (Beaujolais). Grape/style: Gamay. Preserve a distinct neighboring regional identity. Reference edition: Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service. Substitution: Beaujolais or Beaujolais-Villages Gamay; source the actual method rather than assuming it.
- Match actual producer, cuvée and vintage before applying a technical sheet. Check local availability before buying; use the described role when substituting.
- Use the visible labels, maps and documented production choices to follow each comparison. You do not need to invent a tasting note.
Taste responsibly: small pours, water, food, and spit cups are sensible equipment. Never build transport plans after the bottles are open.
Wine references for this class
Labels, technical sheets and source material
Use the named producer, wine and edition. A historical sheet or range page cannot establish the contents of another vintage.
- Precisely delimited climats shaped by cultivation, monastic and political/commercial history.
- Regional climate/exposure framework; marketing absolutes not adopted.
- Blagny red naming versus location-dependent Meursault/Puligny white naming.
- Several methods exist; semi-carbonic whole-bunch process is one regional tradition.
- Public-domain country/river geometry; town locators and approximate physical-feature markers, not vineyard boundaries.
- Louis Jadot Chablis — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Louis Jadot Bourgogne Chardonnay — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuissé — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Louis Jadot Bourgogne Pinot Noir — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Louis Jadot Pommard — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages — Producer range reference; match actual vintage and market edition before service
- Principal grape identities, typical expression and regional roles; original tasting prompts.
- Chardonnay comes from Burgundy and shares Pinot and Gouais blanc parentage with several other French grapes.
- Pinot Noir comes from Burgundy, with a long history that predates modern grape breeding.
- Gamay originated in Burgundy and is another offspring of Pinot and Gouais blanc. Its great modern association is Beaujolais.
- Aligoté is a traditional Burgundy grape, also linked genetically to Pinot and Gouais blanc.