Domaine Borgeot, Bourgogne Blanc “Clos de La Carbonade”

We could (and probably should) write a book focused exclusively on Burgundy’s greatest “sleeper” wines—the ones that most dramatically exceed expectations for their appellation/price point. If or when we do, we’ll save a chapter for Domaine Borgeot’s sensational “Clos de la Carbonade,” a wine from a Borgeot family monopole (one-owner vineyard) that would make even the most seasoned Burgundy connoisseur stand up and cheer.This wine comes from brothers Pascal and Laurent (“P&L”) Borgeot, two salt-of-the-earth vignerons whose reputation extends well beyond their tiny home village of Rémigny, a little hamlet right on the edge of Chassagne-Montrachet. Clos de la Carbonade is located further south in Bouzeron, in the Côte Chalonnaise, and even though the Borgeots farm some serious Premier Cru real estate in Puligny, Meursault, and Chassagne-Montrachet as well, Clos de la Carbonade never suffers by comparison. In fact, when you factor value-for-dollar into the equation, this might be the