Bouzeron, Ramonet, Burgundy

Bouzeron, Ramonet, Bourgogne, Côte Chalonnaise . This spicy white wine is beautifully focused. With green apple, lemon zest, herbs , white flowers, freshly baked bread and salty notes. Balanced and refreshing, this should develop well over the next ten years. Nowhere does Aligoté, unfortunately still an underrated grape, come into its own better than in Bouzeron. And then Jean-Claude Ramonet's is at its best.

• Serving: 10 °C
• Drink: now until 2028

Ramonet, world famous winery

In the early 1920s, Pierre Ramonet , grandfather of the current owners and brothers Noël and Jean-Claude Ramonet, came to Burgundy. Pierre Ramonet laid the foundation for the great reputation of Domaine Ramonet. In the early 1930s, he started making wine in Chassagne (Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune), with the purchase of Les Ruchottes.

Today, the two grandsons are responsible for the wine estate. They run Domaine Ramonet in the tradition of their father and grandfather. And they make fantastic wines here! With the utmost care and attention for the Aligoté, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes and for the vinification. And only from vines that are at least 18 years old. These vines are now quite old (an average of 60 years) and the yields per hectare are very low.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel, maturation follows in oak barrels. The wines mature between 12 and 15 months in new and used oak barrels (usually 30% new oak). Long maturation on the lees, only occasional batonnage and then a light filtering. In principle, Noël is responsible for the wine cellars and Jean Claude for the vineyards.

AOC Bouzeron, unique appellation

Bouzeron is a small wine village in Saône-et-Loire, part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Bouzeron is known for its excellent wines. The soil contains a lot of limestone. This part of Burgundy, just south of Santenay, Chassagne-Montrachet and the Côte de Beaune , is called the Côte Chalonnaise. Bouzeron is one of 5 village appellations.

On the spot where Bouzeron now lies, there was already a camp in Roman times and later a monastery. The village was donated to the abbey of Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon by Charles the Bald in the ninth century. This monastic order already had a branch in the village. Later, several monks settled in Bouzeron, who specialized in wine, which gave the village the name hermitage .
Today, there are just over a hundred people living there, most of whom make a living from wine growing. The best wines from Bouzeron fall under the AOC Bouzeron . They have been allowed to use this designation since 1998. Unique because this is the only AOC with a village name that is valid for the grape variety Aligoté .

Bouzeron, Ramonet, Burgundy