vezelay

there was an excellent article in reuters life on the wines of vezelay. the majority of the production in the 4 villages constituting this aoc is white and based upon chardonnay grapes. the wines generally have a nose of fruit and taste with a steely minerality, fruit, and a hint of oak; they typically have well balanced acidity. i have had a number of wines from this region and recommend it if one can find it in this country. we focus on the "high end" of burgundian wine production, but there are many seemingly peripheral areas which make great wines at a fraction of the cost of the cote d'or. below are the links to the article and to the english web site for cave henry de vezelay.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6433AJ20100504

http://www.henrydevezelay.com/AA%20Site%20GB/indexGB.html