Probably the two best white wines in Burgundy begin life, respectively, in vineyards covering strategic sections of the Corton hill and on Montrachet (Mont trachet, meaning "scabby hill"). These wines are typically intense, can be long lived, and are made only from chardonnay. Of course, you will never find chardonnay mentioned on the bottle anywhere. A all-too-common failing of French wine, which can make it a little inaccessible for the New World wine appreciant. Still, the French don't do things to everyone else's taste; which is good, if you don't like Starbucks coffee anyway. There's not exactly a lot to go around. The white wines on Le Corton are called Corton-Charlemagne, reputedly because they were that 7th Century's French king's favorite white wine, but the white wine growing areas on Le Corton cover only 45 hectares
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