Domaine Borgeot, Bourgogne Blanc “Clos de La Carbonade”

We pride ourselves on putting a lot of thought into our daily offers. But today’s selection required little contemplation or discussion: If you taste a wine blind and think it’s Puligny or Meursault, only to find out that it’s a very modestly priced Bourgogne Blanc, you buy it. It’s simple, really.I love choosing wines this way: it’s all about what’s in the bottle, not what’s on the label, although I should note that this label includes the word monopole—meaning that it comes from a single vineyard, “Clos de la Carbonade,” that is solely owned by Domaine Borgeot. It isn’t just any old Bourgogne Blanc, not by a long shot, which is easily confirmed on your first sip: the texture and tension of serious Burgundian Chardonnay is there in abundance. Having offered wines from Borgeot previously, including a stunning ’17 from the “Les Grands Champs” vineyard in Puligny-Montrachet, we knew they had an especially deft hand with whites. They also have a special vineyard on their hands in Clos de